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[Ian Collier]

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>
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><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;
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"tangle of impenetrable code"... 'nuff said. ;-)
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