https://cs.unc.edu/news-article/remembering-department-founder-dr-frederick-p-brooks-jr/

I was lucky enough to have spent a few hours with Dr. Brooks while helping
with an interview Catherine Lathwell did with him discussing KEI and APL in
2012.

Dr. Brooks was incredibly engaging and had a great laugh and sense of
humor.

During a break in the interview, I asked Dr. Brooks about the famous
Dijkstra APL "coding bums" comment, and why it seemed that Dijkstra was so
bitter towards APL.

He quickly corrected me, "he wasn't bitter", so I offered up "overly
critical" and before the word critical left my lips he proclaimed
"HYPUUH-CRITICAL!" in his amazing southern drawl.

I was instantly laughing at his response.  He went on to say that he wasn't
really sure of why Dijkstra had such a seemingly dim view of APL, outside
of maybe "it wasn't invented here" syndrome.  It was a meeting I will never
forget.

Condolences to Dr. Brooks and his family.
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