Comment on Knuth: Computer Programming as an Art (1974)parentComments−kazinator10yMy comment doesn't assert that programming is always art.Slathering paint onto a surface isn't always art.Big Oh has to do with large N."If a program manipulates a large amount of data, it does so in a small number of ways." --- Epigram 5, Alan Perlis"For every polynomial-time algorithm you have, there is an exponential algorithm that I would rather run." -- Alan Perlis"Don't do things that scale" -- P. Graham−crimsonalucard10yTrue. My mistake. I was mostly referring to this statement:Concept + skillful rendering = artThis statement does not fully cover the definition of art.
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My comment doesn't assert that programming is always art.
Slathering paint onto a surface isn't always art.
Big Oh has to do with large N.
"If a program manipulates a large amount of data, it does so in a small number of ways." --- Epigram 5, Alan Perlis
"For every polynomial-time algorithm you have, there is an exponential algorithm that I would rather run." -- Alan Perlis
"Don't do things that scale" -- P. Graham
True. My mistake. I was mostly referring to this statement:
This statement does not fully cover the definition of art.