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Knuth Facts
Don Knuth is a professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Stanford University, and is the creator of TeX, inventor of several important algorithms and author of The Art of Computer Programming.
Why Knuth is Not God
- Knuth is not God! It took him two days to build the Roman Empire.
- Knuth is not God! God has already released TeX version 4.0.
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Knuth is not God! Google is not God! RMS is not God!
God himself said that was the case.
- Knuth is not God! Typing “god” into the Google search box and hitting “I’m feeling lucky” won’t lead you to his homepage.
- Knuth is not God! Unless you confuse him with Dijkstra.
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