Author: James Swafford
Date: 18:53:18 04/22/02
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On April 22, 2002 at 15:03:30, Peter McKenzie wrote:
>On April 22, 2002 at 10:27:49, Russell Reagan wrote:
>
>>On April 22, 2002 at 03:32:44, Peter McKenzie wrote:
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>>>You know what Knuth said ...
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>>No, I don't know what Knuth said. What did he say?
>
>http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%27premature+optimisation%27+knuth
He also said "gotos are not evil" ("Structured Programming With Gotos")
and that the best "algorithm" for buying a car was to go to the nearest
dealer, point to the car closest to your door, and buy that one.
Then you have more time for important things. (Like compiler design,
etc.) :)
--
James
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