::I do not think that it is just a mere rant. It draws our attention to the amazing fact that the average of distribution resides between extremes rather than asks to forget it. I have actually realized it and this is how I discovered Dijkstra rant. There are not much people paying attention to this account. Yet, it is so amazing that it worth a note in WP, I am sure. Probably, Dijkstra was so angry because you keep rejecting any valuable piece of information in WP ;) Nobody rejects his "GoTo considered obsolete" just because it is also a rant. I always wonder why western public is indoctrinated to hate the rants. It is cool to listen at non-conformist account, after all. Rejecting rants helps to suppress the dissident voices, I think. This guy says that something is silenced  shut him up! Why? Because disliking something is a rant! That is how tolerance to imperfection is developed.