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I think right linear.
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You don't solve NP-complete problems in your compiler.
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Jan. 21, 1980
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I don't want to remove temptation from malicious people. I want them to be malicious and then have the pleasure of killing them.
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Demers: Why did we switch from call-by-reference to call-by-value, when we switched from procedures to functions?
Donahue: I don't know.
Demers: I guess that's as good an answer as any.
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May 27, 1979
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You put handcuffs on yourself and try to swim the English Channel or something.
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Feb. 22, 1979
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I can write the expression down in polynomial space and time - in fact, I'm going to write it down in about three seconds on the board here.
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Dec. 6, 1978
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It spaces me out every time I look at it.
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Dec. 1, 1978
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It just wouldn't do you any good to apply the pumping lemma to the 168 - it doesn't stay up that long.
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Nov. 20, 1978
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It depends on something that I really don't want to get into - it depends on honesty.
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Nov. 20, 1978
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No, I did not prove it correct. I sat at a terminal at midnight and fiddled with it until it worked.
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Nov. 17, 1978
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