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Apparently the book whose title the phrase comes from [1] was published in 1972, four years after Dijkstra published "Considered Harmful". [1] https://en.wikip
by Sharlin 11mo ago
Apparently the book whose title the phrase comes from [1] was published in 1972, four years after Dijkstra published "Considered Harmful".
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_and_the_Terrible,_Horrible,_No_Good,_Very_Bad_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_and_the_Terrible,_Ho...
- MarkusQ 11mo agoAdditionally, their distributions were different. People who read Dijkstra circa 1968 started using the phrase in their own publications within a decade, whereas people who read Viorst (or had it read to them) in 1972 and following years had at least a few decades of further delay before publishing anything using the corresponding phrase.