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On Fri, 2 Jan 2026 20:56:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> On 2 Jan 2026 17:41:34 GMT, Niklas Karlsson wrote:
> 
>> "The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting
>> than the question of whether a submarine can swim." - Edsger Dijkstra
>> 
>> Mr. Dijkstra had his issues, but I'd say he hit the nail on the head
>> there.
> 
> Sometimes I think he managed to make a career out of trolling ...

We once had a server name 'djikstra'.  The chief engineer couldn't spell 
for shit. His own machine was 'warfrat'. It made text searches in the code 
interesting.

My familiarity with his work is mostly the SP algorithm.