"I define UNIX as 30 definitions of regular……" — Donald Knuth
"I define UNIX as 30 definitions of regular expressions living under one roof."
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57 Quotes by Donald Knuth
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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 can’t go to a restaurant and order food because I keep looking at the fonts on the menu.
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