What is the origin of these articles that take the form "X Considered Harmful"?
What's wrong with adding the word "is" between "X" and "considered"?
Who is doing the considering?
What is X harmful towards?
Can anyone explain why this is a thing?
What's wrong with adding the word "is" between "X" and "considered"?
Who is doing the considering?
What is X harmful towards?
Can anyone explain why this is a thing?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Considered_harmful
Plus it's a quick way to write a pithy link-bait title (not commenting on the OP, but in general)
edit Actually according to Wikipedia Dijkstra's original title was different, and Niklaus Wirth changed it. I didn't know that, funny little bit of history.