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Re:Programmer Passion Considered Harmful by HaseebR7 on Monday March 16, 2015 @10:46AM (#9211711)
Go To Considered Harmful

http://www.u.arizona.edu/~rubinson/copyright_violations/Go_T...

Coincidence?

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Re:Programmer Passion Considered Harmful by Ygg2 on Monday March 16, 2015 @11:06AM (#9211837)
Coincidence?

Considered Harmful considered harmful[1].

[1]http://meyerweb.com/eric/comment/chech.html

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Re:Programmer Passion Considered Harmful by HaseebR7 on Monday March 16, 2015 @11:38AM (#9212015)
Ahh, I get it now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Considered_harmful

Considered harmful is a phrase used in the titles of at least 65 critical essays in computer science and related disciplines. It was popularized by Edsger Dijkstra's letter Go To Statement Considered Harmful.

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