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“Once you succeed in writing the programs for [these] complicated algorithms, they usually run extremely fast. The computer doesn't need to understand the algorithm, its task is only to run the programs.”

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Robert Tarjan
Robert Tarjan

Robert Tarjan is a renowned computer scientist, born on April 30, 1948. He has made significant contributions to the fields of algorithm design and theoretical computer science, particularly in graph theory and algorithm analysis. more

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