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In a letter titled "On a Somewhat Disappointing Correspondence"[1][2], Dijkstra replied to this and other reponses, the larger one titled "'"GOTO Considered Harmful" Considered Harmful' Considered Harmful?" It is rather tongue in cheek.

[1]: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ewd10xx/EWD1009.PDF

[2]: http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/transcriptions/EWD10xx/EW... (transcription)

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Thanks for posting Dijkstra answer. I had read it a lot of time ago and was going to post it myself.

Even keeping in mind that it was written with tongue in cheek, Mr Dijkstra does sound like a bit of a jerk in this paper. Also, I think that this response actually validates Rubin's thesis: Dijkstra points to a number of bugs in the second and third versions of the program (i.e., those without GOTO), proving that the GOTO-less version is not only shorter, but easier to get right.

He is a jerk. That was consistent in much of what I read. Very elitist.

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