"It is more important to have the right problem
done the wrong way, than to have the wrong problem done
the right way."
Sounds like a nonsense. Does "problem done the wrong way" implies the
problem indeed isn't solved at all, doesn't it?
пт, 10 мар. 2017 г. в 10:42, Doug McIlroy
This stirred ancient memories in praise of wrong programs:
* If your program sorts a list, then your program is wrong.
This seems a very strange claim.
The whole thing is an abuse of the word "wrong". A program can be all of ugly, inefficient, unidiomatic, &c &c without being WRONG.
Fifty-plus years ago, when computing was 1000 times slower and cost $600/hour, it was typical for professional programmers to mediate between scientists and computers so that those expensive machines would be used efficiently. At Bell Labs, though, Dick Hamming insisted on open-shop computing because "It is more important to have the right problem done the wrong way, than to have the wrong problem done the right way."
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