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Re:The Chinese were solving 14th degree polynomials in 1303.... by mr_toad on Friday August 31, 2018 @11:52PM (#17890099)
When I read that, all I could think of was what a nightmare it would be to debug.
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Re:The Chinese were solving 14th degree polynomials in 1303.... by Terr_ on Saturday September 01, 2018 @09:20PM (#17894931)
IIRC a little later in the book, debugging involves execution in both senses of the word.
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