[analog31]

As I commented in another thread, the idea of being permanently damaged by being taught the Wrong Thing is a misconception about learning. Yet most of us are where we're at by having survived many such things.

I hope Dijkstra was being humorous. I used to wear his quote as a badge of honor.

[dventimi]

I believe he was being humorous. Either way, I don't take it too seriously. After all, I also started programming with Basic.