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In many cases I find it more than a little difficult to separate the two. I would say that Knuth presented a theoretical construct in TAOCP ("Beware of bugs in
by Locke1689 17y ago
In many cases I find it more than a little difficult to separate the two. I would say that Knuth presented a theoretical construct in TAOCP ("Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."), however it has as many practical implications as it does theoretical. Proper algorithm choice in my area (systems programming) can often mean the difference between 10 cycles and 10,000 cycles. Of course, I am also a physics minor, so perhaps I see through rose-colored glasses.
P.S. I think I've been programming in assembly for too long today. I read "convention of calling..." as "calling convention" and my mind immediately jumped off and started listing %rdi, %rsi...