Edsger W. Dijkstra

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1. The title of his 1972 book Structured Programming, coauthored with C.A.R. Hoare, became the term used to describe a major style of programming in computer software.
2. He was also known for his low opinion of the GOTO statement in computer programming, writing a paper in 1965, and culminating in the 1968 article "A Case against the GO TO Statement"