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Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California.
Edsger Dijkstra
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Edsger Dijkstra
Age: 72 †
Born: 1930
Born: May 11
Died: 2002
Died: August 5
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Edsger Dijkstra
Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
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