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Knuth attributes it to Hoare, and Hoare attributes it to Knuth. So it come's down to who you want to believe. Probably best to attribute it to both. My guess wo
by karmakaze 3y ago
Knuth attributes it to Hoare, and Hoare attributes it to Knuth. So it come's down to who you want to believe. Probably best to attribute it to both. My guess would be that Tony said it first, Knuth refined and printed it.
It's always good to have the longer quote which gives needed context.
- eesmith 3y agoHoare attributed it to Dijkstra. See https://hans.gerwitz.com/2004/08/12/premature-optimization-is-the-root-of-all-evil.html https://hans.gerwitz.com/2004/08/12/premature-optimization-i... . "I’m sorry I have no recollection how this quotation came about. I might have attributed it to Edsger Dijkstra."
- karmakaze 3y agoSomeone needs to make a Spider-man meme with the quote.
- zelphirkalt 3y agoMaybe it is in the end a secret deal between them, to have a joke about circular references. ; )