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"...so that there are no obvious deficiencies" - Hoare on ALGOL 68
- serhei 17y agoThe real horror is how much thicker the C++ standard is than any of the thick documents mentioned in the speech. If people like Knuth, Hoare, etc. were working towards a dream where programming has the rigor of physics, the modern situation is more akin to alchemy.
- wglb 17y agoI like the other half of the statement "obviously no deficiencies".