6 Apr
2009
6 Apr
'09
8:02 p.m.
Well, I'm 29 (30 this year!) and although I'm not a professional programmer I do
pick up things on this list which I add to my 'something to learn' list.
I can't say I'll know how to do it before I hit 30 (September) as I have too many
other projects going right now, but I'll see if I can learn how to do it before I hit
31!
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
--- On Mon, 6/4/09, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
From: Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com>
Subject: Re: The VAX is running
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
Date: Monday, 6 April, 2009, 7:59 PM
On 6 Apr 2009 at 12:34, Richard wrote:
Its not a lost art because several of these algorithms
are documented
in Knuth's Art of Computer Programming.
So, pull a programmer under 30 at random from his desk and ask him to
write a polyphase merge sort optimized for 8 tapes.
An art may still be lost in practice even if there's literature
around describing it.
--Chuck