"An algorithm must be seen to be believed."
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Donald Knuth
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57 Quotes by Donald Knuth
Donald Knuth has 57 quotes on this site.
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Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind.
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If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.
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People think that computer science is the art of geniuses but the actual reality is the opposite, just many people…
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Premature optimization is the root of all evil.
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By understanding a machine-oriented language, the programmer will tend to use a much more efficient method; it is much closer…
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Always remember, however, that there’s usually a simpler and better way to do something than the first way that pops…
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Computer programming is an art, because it applies accumulated knowledge to the world, because it requires skill and ingenuity, and…
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Science is knowledge which we understand so well that we can teach it to a computer; and if we don't…
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The psychological profiling [of a programmer] is mostly the ability to shift levels of abstraction, from low level to high…
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The important thing, once you have enough to eat and a nice house, is what you can do for others,…
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The whole thing that makes a mathematician’s life worthwhile is that he gets the grudging admiration of three or four…
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I define UNIX as 30 definitions of regular expressions living under one roof.
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More Algorithm Quotes
This quote is filed under Algorithm Quotes,
one of 33 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The development of an organism ... may be considered as the execution of a 'developmental program' present in the fertilized…
— Unknown Author
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The burgeoning field of computer science has shifted our view of the physical world from that of a collection of…
— Paul Davies
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If there was some sort of mathematical equation for beauty, I don’t know if I would be the algorithm. I’m not…
— Lady Gaga
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I'm not anti conceptual art. I don't think painting must be revived, exactly. Art reflects life, and our lives are…
— Jenny Saville
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Frankly, the reason I joined MENSA is because I was dating a guy at the time who spoke five languages…
— Ashley Rickards
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Once you succeed in writing the programs for [these] complicated algorithms, they usually run extremely fast. The computer doesn't need…
— Unknown Author
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Object-oriented programming aficionados think that everything is an object.... this [isn't] so. There are things that are objects. Things that…
— Alexander Stepanov
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Capablanca's phenomenal move-searching algorithm in those early years, when he possessed a wonderful ability for calculating variations very rapidly, made…
— Mikhail Botvinnik
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If you’re concerned about scalability, any algorithm that forces you to run agreement will eventually become your bottleneck. Take that…
— Werner Vogels
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There is no algorithm for creativity.
— Andy Hargreaves
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Heuristic is an algorithm in a clown suit. It’s less predictable, it’s more fun, and it comes without a 30-day,…
— Steve McConnell
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You cannot invent an algorithm that is as good at recommending books as a good bookseller.
— John Green
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