In our Retrobituaries series, we highlight interesting people who are no longer with us. Today let's explore the life of Edsger Dijkstra, who died at 72 in 2002. If you’ve used a computer or smart ...

Edsger Dijkstra, who has died of cancer aged 72, was a computer programming pioneer and penetrating thinker, who would throw off such remarks as: "The question of whether computers can think is like ...