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Learning Quotes by Donald Knuth
- ...methods are more important than facts. The educational value of a problem given to a student depends mostly on how often the thought processes that…
- ...One of the most important lessons, perhaps, is the fact that SOFTWARE IS HARD. From now on I shall have significantly greater respect for every…
- When certain concepts of TeX are introduced informally, general rules will be stated; afterwards you will find that the rules aren't strictly true. In general,…
- Let us change our traditional attitude to the construction of programs. Instead of imagining that our main task is to instruct a computer what to…
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