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How can you own numbers? Numbers belong to the world.
Donald Knuth
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Donald Knuth
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 10
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Computer Scientist
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Historian Of Mathematics
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Milwaukee City
Wisconsin
Donald E. Knuth
Don Knuth
Donald Ervin Knuth
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An algorithm must be seen to be believed.
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Science is knowledge which we understand so well that we can teach it to a computer and if we don't fully understand something, it is an art to deal with it.
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The best practice is inspired by theory.
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Everyday life is like programming, I guess. If you love something you can put beauty into it.
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The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language.
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A mathematical formula should never be owned by anybody! Mathematics belong to God.
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