At 10:17 AM 12/18/2005, you wrote:
Actually, the "is harmful" phrase, if anything, refers to Edsger W. Dijkstra's famous paper in 1968 titled "Go To Statement Considered Harmful." Tom's article about csh came many decades later. I guess it makes me really old, to have read the Dijkstra paper, but not Tom's.
damn, you're right. i knew that - but had forgotten it. actually, i think christensen's article might even mention that? it's been a while.
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