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From: Gib Bogle <g.bogle@auckland.no.spam.ac.nz>
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Subject: Re: Why is Ada considered "too specialized" for scientific use
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Arthur Evans Jr wrote:

> 
> BTW -- Don Knuth, who like me cut his programming teeth on the 650, once 
> designed an integer-programming application to truly optimize 
> instruction placement. I don't know if he ever actually programmed it, 
> as he was sure it would take vastly more time to execute than it could 
> ever save. I may misremember some of the details.

Classic!