I found Dijkstra's letters appalling. Writing - utterly without shame - that his negative response to Backus' paper was disingenuous and served a "political" p

I found Dijkstra's letters appalling. Writing - utterly without shame - that his negative response to Backus' paper was disingenuous and served a "political" purpose is utterly despicable to me. I don't know how you can defend that.