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As a result of a long sequence of coincidences I entered the programming profession officially on the first spring morning of 1952, and as far as I have been able to trace, I was the first Dutchman to do so in my country.

Edsger W. Dijkstra

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Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (11 May 1930 – 6 August 2002) was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, software engineer, mathematician, and science essayist.

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Native Name: Edsger Wybe Dijkstra

Alternative Names: Dijkstra • E. W. Dijkstra • Edsger Dijkstra • EWD

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