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If bug free binary search implementation can take 16 years, I am ready to buy generics implementation could take 20 years.

> In his landmark book The Art of Computer Programming, legendary computer scientist Donald Knuth noted that although the first binary search algorithm was published by John Mauchly in 1946, the first bug-free version was not published until 1962—taking a staggering 16 years to get right.

parent amtamt 3 months ago

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