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A comment on A Short Introduction to the Art of Programming (1971) [pdf].

Re:A Short Introduction to the Art of Programming (1971) [pdf] by guylepage3 on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @09:40AM (#17029685)
“The sole reason one likes to write is insufficient...”

Interesting that they did not seem to want to attract people who just enjoy programming..

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Re:A Short Introduction to the Art of Programming (1971) [pdf] by Jtsummers on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @09:44AM (#17029716)
That's in the context of writing the text, not of writing programs. So I'm not quite sure what your point is.
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