> In 1968 the Communications of the ACM published a text of mine under the title "The goto statement considered harmful, which in later years would be most frequently referenced, regrettably, however, often by authors who had seen no more of it than its title, which became a cornerstone of my fame by becoming a templace: we would see all sorts of articles under the title 'X considered harmful' for almost any X, including one titled "Dijkstra considered harmful."
> But what had happened? I had submitted a paper under the title "A case against the goto statement, which in order to speed up its publication, the editor had changed into a 'Letter to the Editor', and in the process he had given it a new title of his own invention! The editor was Niklaus Wirth".
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/08/08/edsger_dijkstra_rip...
Also: Why Functional Programming Matters
and
Why Why Functional Programming Matters Matters
Edit: Just saw the sibling comment by Stratoscope:
"we would see all sorts of articles under the title 'X considered harmful' for almost any X, including one titled "Dijkstra considered harmful."
:)
"Considered Harmful" Essays Considered Harmful
There's a good video talk by him titled something like "The Last Thing D Needs".
Dijkstra would lambast you for that error :-)
But I just quoted the linked PDF a few comments above in the chain.