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Imortality II

I said I would get back to it. Hamish led me to the quotes of Edsger Dijkstra as a(n ex) teacher, the one I really liked was:

"I mean, if 10 years from now, when you are doing something quick and dirty, you suddenly visualize that I am looking over your shoulders and say to yourself: 'Dijkstra would not have liked this', well that would be enough immortality for me."

Another gem though is

"Do only what only you can do" And do it Good

Imortality

I will explain the title later. It's long past time I was back here. Once I started work properly the world started spinning me again!

One of the joys of being a teacher is the (sadly very few) students who keep in touch. Andy Narracott is one of those. He went off to do structures with Whitby and Bird but has moved over into water and is away doing serious stuff in difficult places. His blog is linked from here.

Now the title. For that I will send you on a search via Hamish's blog to the sayings of a Netherlandish Computer Scientist. This being Saturday night, the full reference will have to wait till tomorrow.