16 Dec
2020
16 Dec
'20
1:27 a.m.
On Dec 15, 2020, at 12:18 PM, Bakul Shah
<bakul(a)iitbombay.org> wrote:
The strong impression I got from _Coders at Work_ is that Knuth, while perfectly capable
in HLLs, prefers writing in MIX/MMIX simply because he finds it more fun than languages
that provide you with prerolled abstractions. It’s a charming book, although I think the
Knuth chapter is the best.
Adam
On Dec 15, 2020, at 3:46 AM, M Douglas McIlroy
<m.douglas.mcilroy(a)dartmouth.edu> wrote:
I'm glad he didn't. He might have written it in Mix. Knuth once said
he didn't believe in higher-level languages. Of course he knew more
about them than anybody else and was CACM's associate editor for the
subject--like a minister who doesn't believe in God.
Did he actually say that? In this delightful interview