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I'm obsessively detail-oriented.
Donald Knuth
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Donald Knuth
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 10
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Computer Scientist
Engineer
Historian Of Mathematics
Mathematician
Programmer
University Teacher
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Milwaukee City
Wisconsin
Donald E. Knuth
Don Knuth
Donald Ervin Knuth
D.E.K.
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