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Moore seems to have a very different conceptualization of what good software is compared to the common wisdom.

• astrobe_ 12y ago
  ... of which decade? Dijkstra's considered harmful was published in 1968.
  • Dewie 12y ago
    Of this decade. He still seem to have unconventional opinions on software (maybe not on global variables in particular any more, though).
    • bunderbunder 12y ago
      He does have unconventional opinions on software. Just consider the programming language that eventually grew out of the thoughts laid out in this essay: It's untyped, point-free, syntax-free, and lacks local variables (at least in most versions).