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What is this 'considered harmful' meme lately? The way it's used, it applies to everything and thus fails to mean anything. It's now one of my watch phrases f
by wccrawford 16y ago
What is this 'considered harmful' meme lately? The way it's used, it applies to everything and thus fails to mean anything. It's now one of my watch phrases for FUD.
- rlpb 16y agoI just see it as shorthand for "I know this the norm but I'm about to explain why I think it's bad". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Considered_harmful http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Considered_harmful http://meyerweb.com/eric/comment/chech.html http://meyerweb.com/eric/comment/chech.html
- Turing_Machine 16y ago"Lately"? :-) http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/considered-harmful.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/C/considered-harmful.html
- michael_dorfman 16y agoPlus, the CACM was the first to use it, so I'd say that they are entitled.