>> "Go to considered harmful."
>
> I must say, I love how steampunk he sounds.

With a name like "Edsger W. Dijkstra", I'm guessing English isn't his 
first language.

>> Well there we are. I have to say, not the most convincing description
>> of the problem I've ever seen.
>
> It's the difference between programming and computer science, is all.
> Plus, you probably grew up after things like while statements and if
> statements with actual bodies were common. Where do you think that came
> from? :-)

I don't pretend to know much about history. It just seems fairly 
self-evident that having formally organised stuff makes it easier to 
comprehend than unorganised stuff. Hell, if you said that phrase to 
somebody who knows nothing about computers, they'd probably agree with you.

> Did you look at that link I posted about the semantics of programming
> langauges?

When?

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