Art of Computer Programming, Volume 2:...
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“Everyday life is like programming, I guess.If you love something you can put beauty on it.”
“Trees sprout up just about everywhere in computer science.”
Source: Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4, Fascicle 4,The: Generating All Trees--History of Combinatorial Generation
Source: The Art of Computer Programming: Fundamental algorithms
“The enjoyment of one's tools is an essential ingredient of successful work.”
Source: Art of Computer Programming, Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms
Source: The METAFONTbook
“Programming is legitimate and necessary academic endeavour.”
“Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.”
“Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do.”
“An algorithm must be seen to be believed.”
Source: The Art of Computer Programming: Fundamental algorithms
“Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind.”
Source: The texbook
“Premature optimization is the root of all evil.”
Source: TEX: The Program
Source: The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms
Source: The METAFONTbook
“I define UNIX as 30 definitions of regular expressions living under one roof.”
“I can’t go to a restaurant and order food because I keep looking at the fonts on the menu.”
“Random numbers should not be generated with a method chosen at random”
Source: Art of Computer Programming, Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms
Source: Art of Computer Programming, Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms