poem davido <p>Dedicated to the history buffs out there:</p> <c> 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; </c> <p>Inspired by MJD's [http://blog.plover.com//prog/Hoare-logic.html|blog: Dijkstra was not insane], Knuth's [http://pic.plover.com/knuth-GOTO.pdf|Paper on Goto], many articles on Wikipedia on topics in early CS, and an enjoyment of the history of computer languages. </p> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-281137"> <br /><p>Dave</p> </div></div>