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The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language. - Donald Knuth Quotes

The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language.

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The manuals we got from IBM would show examples of programs and I knew I could do a heck of a lot better than that. So I thought I might have some talent. - Donald Knuth Quotes

The manuals we got from IBM would show examples of programs and I knew I could do a heck of a lot better than that. So I thought I might have some talent.

American Scientist

Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. - Donald Knuth Quotes

Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.

American Scientist

A list is only as strong as its weakest link. - Donald Knuth Quotes

A list is only as strong as its weakest link.

American Scientist

I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of one's contributions to computer science. - Donald Knuth Quotes

I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of one's contributions to computer science.

American Scientist

My feeling is that when we prepare a program, the experience can be just like composing poetry or music; as Andrei Ershov has said, programming can give us both intellectual and emotional satisfaction, because it is a real achievement to master complexity and to establish a system of consistent rules. - Donald Knuth Quotes

My feeling is that when we prepare a program, the experience can be just like composing poetry or music; as Andrei Ershov has said, programming can give us both intellectual and emotional satisfaction, because it is a real achievement to master complexity and to establish a system of consistent rules.

God is a challenge because there is no proof of his existence and therefore the search must continue. - Donald Knuth Quotes

God is a challenge because there is no proof of his existence and therefore the search must continue.

American Scientist

If you find that you're spending almost all your time on theory, start turning some attention to practical things; it will improve your theories. If you find that you're spending almost all your time on practice, start turning some attention to theoretical things; it will improve your practice. - Donald Knuth Quotes

If you find that you're spending almost all your time on theory, start turning some attention to practical things; it will improve your theories. If you find that you're spending almost all your time on practice, start turning some attention to theoretical things; it will improve your practice.

Any inaccuracies in this index may be explained by the fact that it has been sorted with the help of a computer. - Donald Knuth Quotes

Any inaccuracies in this index may be explained by the fact that it has been sorted with the help of a computer.

If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy. - Donald Knuth Quotes

If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.

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