Talk:Christopher Strachey

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[edit] Optimum Programming

"optimum programming is to be avoided because it tends to become a time-wasting intellectual hobby of the programmers"

According to Lavington's book, 'The Pegasus Story', the quote comes from not from Strachy but Bernard Swann, who was Ferranti Sale Director at the time. -Axiomsofchoice 15:21, 24 May 2007 (UTC)