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"Causal Explanations Considered Harmful" seems to clearly want to invoke Dijkstra's "GOTO statements considered harmful", which played an important role in chan
by fastaguy88 4y ago
"Causal Explanations Considered Harmful" seems to clearly want to invoke Dijkstra's "GOTO statements considered harmful", which played an important role in changing programming style. But do we really want to see causal explanations to go the way of the "goto"? Good luck getting your car fixed, and god help you if you are ill. I'm more comfortable with the essay "superficial analyses considered harmful".
- m3047 4y agoI apologize this may sound a little strange, but let me ask: What if they said "sorry, we can't fix your car because it doesn't run"? What do you think of this quote? "To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." What about the person who says "it worked yesterday" when yesterday they were using somebody else's computer? Just asking for your thoughts...
- satvikpendem 4y ago"Considered Harmful" Essays Considered Harmful https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9744916 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9744916