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> Except that line was written in a book I recall it being from his response to the debates over GOTO, and some googling seems to agree. Not that that takes a
by dllthomas 5y ago
> Except that line was written in a book
I recall it being from his response to the debates over GOTO, and some googling seems to agree.
Not that that takes away from your overall point.
- dllthomas 5y agoIn the office today with my copy of Literate Programming (which contains the essay in question) I can confirm that the sentence does appear in "Structured Programming with goto Statements" (it appears on page 28 of my copy). Here it is in a general context, not pertaining to a single particular example. In support of your overall point, though, having just said "[w]e should forget about small efficiencies, about 97% of the time", the next paragraph opens: "Yet we should not pass up our opportunities in that critical 3%."