Are you sure about that? Did you skip the 'What Are “Considered Harmful” Essays?' section near the top?
Seems the original reference is mentioned quite clearly. quote:
> The Jargon File has a short entry on “considered harmful” that encapsulates the genesis of such essays:
> Edsger W. Dijkstra’s note in the March 1968 Communications of the ACM, “Go To Statement Considered Harmful,” fired the first salvo in the structured programming wars…. As it turns out, the title under which the letter appeared was actually supplied by CACM’s editor, Niklaus Wirth.
> The controversy resulting from the article’s publication became so heated that the CACM subsequently decided to never again publish pieces with such assertive positions.
Granted some of the links have since rotted over the last 13yrs though.
Seems the original reference is mentioned quite clearly. quote:
> The Jargon File has a short entry on “considered harmful” that encapsulates the genesis of such essays:
> Edsger W. Dijkstra’s note in the March 1968 Communications of the ACM, “Go To Statement Considered Harmful,” fired the first salvo in the structured programming wars…. As it turns out, the title under which the letter appeared was actually supplied by CACM’s editor, Niklaus Wirth.
> The controversy resulting from the article’s publication became so heated that the CACM subsequently decided to never again publish pieces with such assertive positions.
Granted some of the links have since rotted over the last 13yrs though.