“I think it was Knuth in the preface to The Art of Computer Programming who says something like it. He started this book back in the sixties.”
Michael Nielsen, Guest on Dwarkesh PodcastMichael Nielsen – How science actually progresses
The Art of Computer Programming
Donald Knuth · 1922
A foundational multi-volume reference work on computer programming algorithms and fundamental techniques.
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