> He has fashioned a sort of industrial-strength Fabergé egg—intricate, wonderfully worked, refined beyond all ordinary desires, a museum piece from the start.
Curiously, I independently came up with this metaphor in my review of The MMIX Supplement to The Art of Computer Programming [1]:
"You can marvel at its intricacies like one marvels at a Fabergé egg."
Curiously, I independently came up with this metaphor in my review of The MMIX Supplement to The Art of Computer Programming [1]:
"You can marvel at its intricacies like one marvels at a Fabergé egg."
[1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R25NHN9UP7PLJI/