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No more Knuth checks
Have you seen the news? Knuth has announced that he will no longer be writing personal cheques, for security reasons. As an alternative, he suggests Instead of writing personal checks, I’ll writ… more →
The Lumber Room
where your eyes don't go
Tim wrote 1 week ago: So, somehow, without any plan and with a lot of stubborn persistence, Houses & Motions has now b … more →
Goldilocks and premature optimization
mechaferret wrote 3 months ago: Once upon a time there was a very famous computer scientist named Donald Knuth. He heard a quote fro … more →
The Great Knuth and Software Patents
dgoodmaniii wrote 5 months ago: The great and brilliant Donald E. Knuth has produced an excellent statement on why software algorith … more →
Amicus letter of Donald E. Knuth
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arebentisch wrote 6 months ago: Prof. em Donald E. Knuth, the algorithm pope, sent an Amicus Curiae letter to the European Patent Of … more →
Evaluation of Powers
fR0D wrote 8 months ago: This is a very interesting problem with a lots of history. Anyways we will not wonder into it. We sh … more →
Repetitive books & Texts
rookiecoder wrote 8 months ago: Hello, One pattern that I would love to see gone from books these days is when a simple topic become … more →
Binary GCD Algorithm
fR0D wrote 9 months ago: Most of us know that to find the GCD of two numbers, Euclid Algorithm is the best algorithm. But tha … more →
On the Importance of Representations
Arun wrote 10 months ago: Note: This post is a first attempt to write about topics that are of professional or didactic intere … more →
No more Knuth checks
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Shreevatsa wrote 1 year ago: Have you seen the news? Knuth has announced that he will no longer be writing personal cheques, for … more →
The Art of Computer Programming
tautologico wrote 1 year ago: I’m reading Knuth’s masterpiece The Art of Computer Programming for real, this time. I … more →
The Future of Software Engineering
moffdub wrote 1 year ago: There comes a time in every technical blog when the author must write about the future of the indust … more →
An autograph from Don Knuth
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Florian Shkurti wrote 1 year ago: One of the good things about living in the San Francisco Bay area is that there is always an abundan … more →
Premature optimization is the root of all evil
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Shreevatsa wrote 1 year ago: There is a famous saying that “Premature optimization is the root of all evil”. Sometime … more →
An interesting interview with D. Knuth
alexeybrazhe wrote 1 year ago: I’ve recently read a very interesting interview with D. Knuth at http://www.informit.com/artic … more →
Knuth hates XP
svec wrote 1 year ago: In this recent interview, Donald Knuth says: “Still, I hate to duck your questions even though … more →
complexity of a ...
iisc wrote 1 year ago: Everyone at the table was talking either about cricket, tennis, or chess. bhOndOO was getting bored. … more →
helping donald knuth.
iisc wrote 1 year ago: Do you know how to spell Ashok Subramanian in the mother tongue in which this name originated? Or ho … more →
Happy birthday, Don Knuth!
jonathanfine wrote 1 year ago: Earlier this week Don Knuth turned 70. This inspired a coordinated series of posts by admirers in ma … more →
Happy birthday, Don Knuth!
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jonathanfine wrote 1 year ago: Earlier this week Don Knuth turned 70. This posting, inspired by a coordinated series of posts by ad … more →
