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Revisiting Knuth's “Premature Optimization” Paper
The most famous quote from Knuth’s paper “Structured Programming with go to Statements” is this: There is no doubt that the grail of efficiency leads to abuse. Programmers waste e…
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Software EngineeringHistory & Retro Computing2025
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2025 | Revisiting Knuth's “Premature Optimization” Paper by signa11 | 194 | 141 |
