Re:Why numbering should start at zero (1982)
by Avshalom on Thursday December 15, 2016 @02:14PM
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>>for one thing, I can't think of anything he does like off the top of my head
it's been occasionally opined that the biggest issue Dijkstra had with computer science is that it often needed to be applied to computers.
Re:Why numbering should start at zero (1982)
by qwertyuiop924 on Thursday December 15, 2016 @02:21PM
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That sounds about right...
Frankly, I find Dijkstra's writing horribly grating and irritating. The majority of his articles seem to be just him insulting things he doesn't like, another thing I find grating (for one thing, I can't think of anything he does like off the top of my head). He also seems to have a habit of passing his opinions off as fact.
But he is really smart, and often right, so while I can be annoyed by him, I can't actually ignore what he says, because it does matter.