> On Oct 6, 2017, at 5:21 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 6 Oct 2017, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
>> I take it that your students didn't read Don Knuth's wonderful book on
>> sorting and searching--the one with the fold-out chart on various tape
>> sorts--including those for tape drives with "read backwards" capability.
>> Shame--I found that to be a very entertaining tome.
>
> I love it. My favorite volume.
>
> These students weren't quite ready for Knuth. They were second and third
> semester.
Second and third semester of what, high school? Anyone qualified to be in a
college CS program should be able to handle Knuth.
paul
