The article describes a bad programmer as one whose programs “die young”. I would guess that Knuth is saying is that the longest one of his programs lived (was used?) for 12 years?
If that is what he meant, I presume this remark was written well in the past, as TeX has lasted way more than 12 years.
What does Knuth mean by
> I particularly like his definitinon of a bad programmer. (My personal record is about 12 years.)
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The article describes a bad programmer as one whose programs “die young”. I would guess that Knuth is saying is that the longest one of his programs lived (was used?) for 12 years?
If that is what he meant, I presume this remark was written well in the past, as TeX has lasted way more than 12 years.