Citations:hack

English citations of hack

Donald Knuth has as an epigraph for his draft bitwise tricks chapter for TAOCP the following quote:

• 1803, George Colman, John Bull, Act 3 Scene 1., quoted in Donald Knuth, "Bitwise Tricks" [draft], The Art of Computer Programming.

  Lady Caroline: Psha! that's such a hack!

  Sir Simon: A hack, Lady Caroline, that the knowing ones have warranted sound.