He (Dijkstra) even mentions this in the article: > The above has been triggered by a recent incident, when, in an emotional outburst, one of my mathematical co

He (Dijkstra) even mentions this in the article: > The above has been triggered by a recent incident, when, in an emotional outburst, one of my mathematical colleagues at the University —not a computing scientist— accused a number of younger computing scientists of "pedantry" because —as they do by habit— they started numbering at zero.