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From: ok@quintus.uucp (Richard A. O'Keefe)
Newsgroups: comp.ai,talk.philosophy.misc
Subject: Re: Artificial Intelligence and Intelligence
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Date: 20 Nov 88 07:01:08 GMT
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In article <1808@ndsuvax.UUCP> numork@ndsuvax.UUCP (James Mork) writes:
>   Does anyone besides myself have this almost cynical hatred for
>   Dijkstra and the way that the Computer Science community reveres
>   him?  I have seen so many algorithms attributed to Dijkstra that
>   have been common solutions in everyday problems for thousands
>   of years.  It makes me want to throw up.

From Funk&Wagnall's dictionary:
	cynical:  Distrusting or contemptuous of virtue in others;
		  sneering; sarcastic.
	[The] doctrine [of the Cynics] came to represent
	insolent self-righteousness.

If you have seen any "algorithms attributed to Dijkstra" which "have
been common solutions in everyday problems for thousands of years",
NAME THEM.  Ok, so Dijkstra is a Dutch curmudgeon with a low tolerance
for hype, and has in consequence little liking for AI (but not robotics).
That's a reason for throwing up?  Not on _my_ terminal, thank you!