> Dijkstra's opinions seem to carry extra weight mainly because his name has a certain shock and awe factor So you claim this is just an appeal to authority an

> Dijkstra's opinions seem to carry extra weight mainly because his name has a certain shock and awe factor So you claim this is just an appeal to authority and as a rebuttal you give appeal to emotion without being an authority at all? > the 1st element of a sequence being denoted with a "1" just seems obviously superior > I'm sure there is a culture that counts their first finger as 0 and I expect they're mocked mercilessly for it by all their neighbours > 0-counting sequences represents a crazy choice 5G chess move.