What award did Dijkstra receive in 1972?
Nobel Prize
Turing Award
Fields Medal
ACM Award
Answer
The Turing Award, widely regarded as the "Nobel Prize of Computing," was bestowed upon Edsger Dijkstra in 1972. This prestigious honor recognized his seminal contributions to the field of computer science, particularly his development of structured programming, a paradigm that revolutionized software design and made programs more reliable and maintainable.
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