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> 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.
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