This (possibly cringeworthy) article is very old and part of Project Necromancy. Many of the opinions I held back then have changed. I'm keeping this only for "historical" interest, not necessarily because I agree with what I thought back then.
Also consider that many of the included links (even the ones to the Internet Archive) are dead.
e^x credeva di essere sopra la legge, ma un giorno incontro un 'derivatore' particolarmente bastardo…