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> People may not be familiar with that term because it won so thoroughly that only assembly programmers work outside if it. I read an old edition of Numerical
by disgruntledphd2 5y ago
> People may not be familiar with that term because it won so thoroughly that only assembly programmers work outside if it.
I read an old edition of Numerical Recipes, and the first chapter or two was a paean to structured programming, which is when I realised that for, while etc hadn't sprung full-form from the heads of the first compiler developers.