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07 Nov 2008 05:15 pm
(7 votes, average: 3.29 out of 5)
Loading ...These two posters show the difference between professor Edsger Dijkstra and the author of Perl programming language, Larry Wall.
Edsger Dijkstra - Quick and Dirty, I Wouldn’t Like It.
Larry Wall - Quick and Dirty, I’d Hit It.
See also what John McCarthy would say about your code.
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November 8th, 2008 at 2:22 am
http://www.xach.com/img/doing-it-wrong.jpg
November 8th, 2008 at 3:45 am
…but isn’t Dijkstra a *greedy* algorithm…?
November 8th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Context is critical. Both of them are correct depending on the context :)
November 8th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Nice one
November 10th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Hey, nice to see one more Latvian blogger is going good out here - I’ll keep eye on Your site :)
Sveiciens :)
November 12th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Hi Varish…you are really helping all by describing the right way to do things
thanks so much…
you are a wonderful person…I have known..truly.
November 12th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
Hi Peter… your blog has indeed helped me learn many things in a veery short time and has made me aware of many things..
thanks so much….
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