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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: How to Choose a Programming Language
Message-ID: <16153@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 14 May 91 19:52:00 GMT
References: <1991May9.231820.26867@utstat.uucp> <16117@smoke.brl.mil> <14387@ucrmath.ucr.edu>
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In article <14387@ucrmath.ucr.edu> rhyde@ucrmath.ucr.edu (randy hyde) writes:
>>There is not much need for understanding CPU architectures for most
>>programming, and it can even impair one's ability to code portably.
>You should read what Donald Knuth had to say about this in vol I of ACP.

I'm quite aware of what he said, and also that he has since said
that were he to start writing the Art of Computer Programming series
now, he would be expressing the algorithms in a high-level language
such as Pascal or Web, instead of the pseudo-English goto-ful form
he used, and the implementations in MIX assembly would be omitted in
favor of the high-level language.