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Article #4188Re: Will this *thread* ever halt?
From: Dan Bernstein
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 03:35
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1991 03:35
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In article <MACRAKIS.91Jun24135614@next15.osf.org> macrakis@osf.org (Stavros Macrakis) writes: > Since when is an algorithm's ``importance'' measured by the > percentage of programmers using it? You're right. A better definition would be an algorithm or set of algorithms worthy of a section in volumes 1 through 3, or an algorithm that renders some of the information in volumes 1 through 3 obsolete. If Knuth's books are ``out of date'' then surely such algorithms exist, no? ---Dan
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!hsdndev!cmcl2!kramden.acf.nyu.edu!brnstnd From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Will this *thread* ever halt? Message-ID: <29769.Jun2503.35.2591@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> Date: 25 Jun 91 03:35:25 GMT References: <OZ.91Jun23145702@ursa.ccs.yorku.ca> <12358.Jun2400.03.5891@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> <MACRAKIS.91Jun24135614@next15.osf.org> Organization: IR Lines: 10