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If you're not Dijkstra then you're considered harmful if you steal his valor in your title.
by riiii 2y ago
If you're not Dijkstra then you're considered harmful if you steal his valor in your title.
- blowski 2y agohttps://meyerweb.com/eric/comment/chech.html https://meyerweb.com/eric/comment/chech.html “Considered Harmful Essays Considered Harmful”.
- RegW 2y agoWell it's not as rampantly inciting as "is Evil". https://www.infoworld.com/article/2160788/why-extends-is-evil.html https://www.infoworld.com/article/2160788/why-extends-is-evi... https://www.infoworld.com/article/2161183/why-getter-and-setter-methods-are-evil.html https://www.infoworld.com/article/2161183/why-getter-and-set...
- lioeters 2y agoThe only exception may be "Eval is evil," which is generally true and requires a high bar for using safely.
- peoplefromibiza 2y agoI could be wrong, but I reckon I read somewhere that the "considered harmful" was added in review by Niklaus Wirth, who, at the time, was editor for CACM.
- lompad 2y agoA snowclone is not "stolen valor", it's a completely normal part of modern writing. Especially considering that Dijkstra didn't even coin the phrase himself.
- riiii 2y agoIt's a stretch at best to call "Considered Harmful" in this context a snowcone.