> Hence I have written the following simple routine, which may separate the man-compilers from the boy-compilers.
I don't think it would be considered very accurate/proper these days to use 'man' and 'boy' to differentiate between something that is better than the other. Which makes this tidbit from Donald Knuth seem delightfully anachronistic.
I don't think it would be considered very accurate/proper these days to use 'man' and 'boy' to differentiate between something that is better than the other. Which makes this tidbit from Donald Knuth seem delightfully anachronistic.