_Applied_ is a broad survey of cryptographic techniques that was good for its time but has aged terribly and probably done more harm than good for the industry†.
Do you blame Cormen for all the people that don't use library sorting functions but implement their own?
Did you mean something else then with done more harm than good for the industry ? I don't know much about crypto or Schneiers work, I am just curious what you meant if what you said wasn't in reference to people choosing to hand code their crypto routines.
I probably mean what you think I mean. But, among other things, (i) using a broken sort algorithm is nowhere near as bad a problem as getting block cipher modes wrong, and (ii) CLR isn't a mass-popularizing evangelical text about algorithms, and (iii) basic fundamental algorithms and algorithmic analysis isn't a moving target like cryptography is.
I am not making a moral judgement about _Applied_. I don't think the guy should wear a hairshirt. As a book, it's a great book; it sold well for a reason. As an instrument of software engineering, though, it's a bit of a curse.
Do you blame Cormen for all the people that don't use library sorting functions but implement their own?