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then theoretical physics at the university of leiden . [ ] in the early s, electronic computers were a novelty. dijkstra stumbled on his career quite by accident, and through his supervisor, professor a. haantjes, he met adriaan van wijngaarden , the director of the computation department at the mathematical
remained committed to physics, working on it in leiden three days out of each week. with increasing exposure to computing, however, his focus began to shift. as he recalled: [ ] after having programmed for some three years, i had a discussion with a. van wijngaarden , who was then my boss at the mathematical...
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