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Re:Automatic Differentiation with Julia by 0-_-0 on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @09:27AM (#18283153)
Contrary to your summary, the quote makes a good case for 0-based indexing, both theoretical and practical. How can an argument based on reason become an argument from authority just because someone well known said it?
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Re:Automatic Differentiation with Julia by mkborregaard on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @09:40AM (#18283267)
That is in fact how an argument becomes an argument from authority. Also, it has become an HN meme to post the Dijkstra comment every single time there's a post mentioning Julia. It's not like it's news to anyone.
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Re:Automatic Differentiation with Julia by StefanKarpinski on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @06:48PM (#18288180)
Also Dijkstra's arguments are pretty weak and unconvincing. If anyone else had made the same arguments, no one would ever refer to it.
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