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The "X considered harmful" construction has a long history in computer science, going back to Dijkstra's "Go To Statements Considered Harmful" paper. Wikipedia
by breischl 12y ago
The "X considered harmful" construction has a long history in computer science, going back to Dijkstra's "Go To Statements Considered Harmful" paper. Wikipedia even has a page on it[1].
It can come off a little arrogant, but he's really just following tradition.
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Considered_harmful https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Considered_harmful
- username42 12y ago"X considered harmful" articles are harmful articles.
- nkozyra 12y agoAnd I think, like goto statements, there's a cost/benefit analysis to be done when making this choice.