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Edsger W. Dijkstra

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Turing Award

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Turing Award

Structured programming and algorithmic clarity
1972

Recipient: Edsger W. Dijkstra

Made rigor, correctness, and structured programming central to modern software engineering.

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1970salgorithmsprogramming methodologyoperating systems

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