Note that it is an open letter to the guy.
Copyright Notice
The following manuscript
EWD 501: Variations on a theme: an open letter to C.A.R. Hoare
is held in copyright by Springer-Verlag New York.
The manuscript was published as pages 132-140 of
Edsger W. Dijkstra, Selected Writings on Computing: A Personal Perspective,
Springer-Verlag, 1982. ISBN 0-387-90652-5.
Reproduced with permission from Springer-Verlag New York.
Any further reproduction is strictly prohibited
Jackasses.
