Indeed. Frankly, I find Dijkstra's writing horribly grating and irritating. The majority of his articles seem to be just him insulting things he doesn't like,

Indeed. Frankly, I find Dijkstra's writing horribly grating and irritating. The majority of his articles seem to be just him insulting things he doesn't like, another thing I find grating (for one thing, I can't think of anything he does like off the top of my head). He also seems to have a habit of passing his opinions off as fact. But he is really smart, and often right, so while I can be annoyed by him, I can't actually ignore what he says, because it does matter.