Mon, 28 Apr 2008

A new interview with Donald Knuth

I've already had to look it up twice, so I'll put it here for future reference: Donald Knuth's interview with Andrew Binstock. Abstract:

Andrew Binstock and Donald Knuth converse on the success of open source, the problem with multicore architecture, the disappointing lack of interest in literate programming, the menace of reusable code, and that urban legend about winning a programming contest with a single compilation.

Sun, 17 Feb 2008

Book idea

Someone needs to write a rigorous biography of Donald Knuth while he's still around to contribute.

Sat, 12 Jan 2008

Donald Knuth turns 70 today

Here's a roundup from Jeff Atwood. In my first paid programming gig I used Knuth's TeX language to produce college engineeering textbooks.

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.—Lord Peter Wimsey

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