mjd-list-plug2 on 4 Dec 2004 01:44:02 -0000 |
> After correcting for the obvious misattribution in the Hoare article, > we are left with no evidence at all for Hoare. But but but! In Knuth's paper "The Errors of TeX" (_Software Practice & Experience_, July 1989, reprinted in _Literate Programming_, chapter 10 (1992)) we have: (But I also knew, and forgot, Hoare's dictum that premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming.) (p. 276 of _Literate Programming_) > I am going to stick with Floyd. So, as I said, I am going to stick with Hoare. ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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