in reply to Re: (OT) Can someone track down this quote, purportedly by Knuth?
in thread (OT) Can someone track down this quote, purportedly by Knuth?

No, specifically not.

According to my research, that quotation goes back to Steven M. Bellovin, btw…

Makeshifts last the longest.

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