Dedicated to the history buffs out there:
no warnings;EWDs:;SHORTEST_PATH:$dijkstra;goto considered;;harmful:
;sought;formal,verification;$algol=(qw[forefather of c c inspired],
,qq[Just another Perl hacker,\n]) [5];RECURSION_ELIMINATION:goto
KNUTH;wirth;considered:goto harmful;PASCAL:;abolished:;in;modula II
;;;;KNUTH:"considered";goto efficient;efficient:$in_some,qw/cases/;
FORTRAN;BASIC;should;never,be;taught;print $algol or say with Lisp;
Inspired by MJD's blog: Dijkstra was not insane, Knuth's Paper on Goto, many articles on Wikipedia on topics in early CS, and an enjoyment of the history of computer languages.
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