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Programming is legitimate and necessary academic endeavour.

Donald Knuth

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Donald Knuth
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 10
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How can you own numbers? Numbers belong to the world.
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We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.
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The enjoyment of one's tools is an essential ingredient of successful work.
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A mathematical formula should never be owned by anybody! Mathematics belong to God.
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I'm obsessively detail-oriented.
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I currently use Ubuntu Linux, on a standalone laptop - it has no Internet connection. I occasionally carry flash memory drives between this machine and the Macs that I use for network surfing and graphics but I trust my family jewels only to Linux.
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We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. Yet we should not pass up our opportunities in that critical 3%
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I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of one's contributions to computer science.
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I have a hunch that the unknown sequences of DNA will decode into copyright notices and patent protections.
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