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> Why do people place so much value on what Dijkstra said?  Of course I 
> know who he was and of his many contributions, but I don't understand 
> the facination some have with what he wrote on Ada (or other languages), 
> especially since much of it seems like just his opinions (and like the 
> opinions of others are not subject to objectivity but personal preference).

After reading that report, I don't place any value
on what he said.  I've used derived types, subtypes,
and other abstraction-supporting features of Ada and
I _know_ they're valuable.

A person with an experience is never at the mercy
of a person with an argument.  Not even if the
argument is "but Dijkstra said...."