[texhax] (no subject)

Ian Collier imc at comlab.ox.ac.uk
Mon Jun 9 16:56:34 CEST 2003


hgintis at attbi.com (Herbert Gintis) writes:
><x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>By the
>way, I have always found it curious that Knuth is such a great computer
>theorist and a quite good mathematician, but his computer code (e.g.,
>from his multi-volume book on computer algorithms, or his web, tangle,
>weave, etc.) is really quite awkward and highly inelegant. A good
>computer program should look like a haiku poem, not a tangle of
>impenetrable code, IMHO.<br><br>
>Best,<br><br>
>Herb<br><br>
><br>
><x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
><font size=3>Herbert
>Gintis&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
><br>

"tangle of impenetrable code"... 'nuff said. ;-)
-- 
---- Ian Collier : imc at comlab.ox.ac.uk : WWW page below
------ http://users.comlab.ox.ac.uk/ian.collier/imc.shtml


More information about the texhax mailing list