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There is an article on the same topic by Professor Donald Knuth which I find much more insightful: http://mathdl.maa.org/images/upload_library/22/Ford/DonaldKn

• scott_s 14y ago
  It almost certainly is. Thanks, I had not seen it before.
• jashkenas 14y ago
  Follow up with Knuth's "Computer Programming as an Art": http://awards.acm.org/images/awards/140/articles/7143252.pdf http://awards.acm.org/images/awards/140/articles/7143252.pdf