>> I've been often looked down by people who used Knuth almost god-like authority to dress up all sorts of awful engineering. Quick quips don't get to trump aw

>> I've been often looked down by people who used Knuth almost god-like authority to dress up all sorts of awful engineering. Quick quips don't get to trump awful engineering. Just say call Knuth a boomer and point to the awful aspects of actual code. No disrespect to Knuth, just dismiss him as easily as people use him to dismiss real problems.