Re: [Nolug] Donald Knuth Quotes

Thanks, where is the article?

Brett

On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 09:29:43PM -0500, John Souvestre wrote:
> Hi all.
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> >From an article I read on Donald Knuth.
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> Any inaccuracies in this index may be explained by the fact that it has been
> sorted with the help of a computer.
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> --Donald Knuth
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> Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.
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> --Donald Knuth
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> Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of
> things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things. What I do
> takes long hours of studying and uninterruptible concentration.
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> --Donald Knuth
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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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> --Donald Knuth
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> I define UNIX as 30 definitions of regular expressions living under one roof.
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> --Donald Knuth
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> If you find that you're spending almost all your time on theory, start turning
> some attention to practical things; it will improve your theories. If you
> find that you're spending almost all your time on practice, start turning some
> attention to theoretical things; it will improve your practice.
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> --Donald Knuth
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> Premature optimization is the root of all evil.
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> --Donald Knuth
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> Random numbers should not be generated with a method chosen at random.
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> --Donald Knuth
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> Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is
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> everything else we do.
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> --Donald Knuth
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> The enjoyment of one's tools is an essential ingredient of successful work.
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> --Donald Knuth
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> The sun comes up just about as often as it goes down, in the long run, but
> this doesn't make its motion random.
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> --Donald Knuth
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> Enjoy,
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> John
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> John Souvestre - New Orleans LA - (504) 454-0899
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