Author: Donald Knuth

Quotes

People think that computer science is the art of geniuses but the actual reality is the opposite, just many people doing things that build on eachother, like a wall of mini stones.

People think that computer science is the art of geniuses but the actual reality is the opposite, just many people doing things that build on eachother, like a wall of mini stones.

- Donald Knuth

Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do.

Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do.

- Donald Knuth

I've never been a good estimator of how long things are going to take.

I've never been a good estimator of how long things are going to take.

- Donald Knuth

Everyday life is like programming, I guess. If you love something you can put beauty into it.

Everyday life is like programming, I guess. If you love something you can put beauty into it.

- Donald Knuth

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