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If you think you're a really good programmer... read Knuth's Art of Computer Programming... You should definitely send me a resume if you can read the whole thing.
Bill Gates
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Bill Gates
Age: 68
Born: 1955
Born: October 28
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I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.
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