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This is what appears at the top of a page which has Dijkstra's letter EWD 501: "Variations on a theme: an open letter to C.A.R. Hoare"

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.