Damn... without him we probably wouldn''t have A* (right?). Sucks but at least he had a long life. "Love all, trust a few. Do wrong to none." - Shakespeare Dirge - Aurelio Reis www.CodeFortress.com Current Causes: Nissan sues Nissan

I''m surprised it took this long to appear on GameDev.
I heard about this "news" days ago.
It''s very sad to see him gone.

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Original post by Dirge
Damn... without him we probably wouldn''t have A* (right?).

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Well we would not necessarily have Dijkstra''s Algorithm. Despite the fact
that an A* with a zero heuristic functions much like a Dijkstra''s Algorithm
I don''t believe Dijkstra came up with A*.

Eric

Dijkstra didn''t invent A*... that honour goes to Nilsson, Hart and Raphael. He did however publish 1300 works on a diverse range of topics. He will be sadly and sorely missed by all who knew of his work and his life.

Regards,

Timkin