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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.
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.