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by lucozade 3577 days ago
They're just using a headline derived from Dijkstra's "Go To Statement Considered Harmful". As with Dijkstra it's a bit clickbaity i.e. they really mean use with care rather than harmful.

Making it a question just gives the extra benefit of making it likely to conform to Betteridge's law. So a meme win-win really.

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Of course, Dijkstra wasn't really clickbaiting, as clicks hadn't been invented yet.
It also conforms to Sturgeon's Law.