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The original "considered harmful" article was essentially one big nitpick, so this use is probably quite appropriate.

• kragen 16y ago
  Wiktionary defines "nitpick" as "To correct minutiae or find fault in unimportant details." But "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" (http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.92.4846&rep=rep1&type=pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.92....) is not about minutiae or unimportant details; it is about how to approach the task of writing a computer program that does what you want instead of something else, a task that is at the core of the modern economy.
  • f- 16y ago
    It focuses on the largely insignificant debate over the merits of one syntax structure over another. It's essentially the vi versus emacs of programming.
    • kragen 16y ago
      It sounds like you haven't read it. Please read it before you attempt to comment on it.
• jamesaguilar 16y ago
  There's a difference between a nitpick and a paper that basically defines a new programming paradigm (or delineates the need for it compared to another paradigm).