Donald Knuth
Donald Knuth
Donald Ervin Knuthis an American computer scientist, mathematician, and professor emeritus at Stanford University...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMathematician
Date of Birth10 January 1938
CountryUnited States of America
Donald Knuth quotes about
art computer teach
Science is knowledge which we understand so well that we can teach it to a computer; and if we don't fully understand something, it is an art to deal with it.
tree computer computer-science
Trees sprout up just about everywhere in computer science...
years levels computer
I can't be as confident about computer science as I can about biology. Biology easily has 500 years of exciting problems to work on. It's at that level.
funny-inspirational bugs computer
Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.
digital computer program
The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it can be an aesthetic experience much like composing poetry or music.
art want computer
Programming is the art of telling another human being what one wants the computer to do.
computer program humans
Programs are meant to be read by humans and only incidentally for computers to execute.
engineering algorithms computer-science
An algorithm must be seen to be believed.