# Edsger Dijkstra used a typewriter and a fountain pen (2024-04-02)

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**Created:** [April 2, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/edsger-dijkstra-used-a-typewriter-and-a-fountain-pen-2024-04-02/129 "2024-04-02T22:45:16Z")\
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From [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra#:~:text=Dijkstra%20never%20wrote%20his%20articles,the%20Montblanc%20Meisterst%C3%BCck%20fountain%20pen.): " Dijkstra never wrote his articles using a computer. He preferred to rely on his typewriter and later on his Montblanc pen. Dijkstra’s favorite writing instrument was the [**Montblanc Meisterstück**](https://www.montblanc.com/en-us/collection/writing-instruments/meisterstuck) fountain pen."

- [Edsger W. Dijkstra - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra#:~:text=Dijkstra%20never%20wrote%20his%20articles,the%20Montblanc%20Meisterst%C3%BCck%20fountain%20pen).
- [Edsger Dijkstra's fountain pen - Fountain & Dip Pens - First Stop - The Fountain Pen Network](https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/142193-edsger-dijkstras-fountain-pen/)
- [Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (1930–2002): A Portrait of a Genius](https://homepages.cwi.nl/~apt/ps/dijkstra.pdf)
- [E.W.Dijkstra Archive: A letter to a typewriter manufacturer (EWD 947)](https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD09xx/EWD947.html)