Profile: Donald Knuth's "The Art Of Computer Programming"

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STEVE INSKEEP
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03-14-2005
Profile: Donald Knuth's "The Art Of Computer Programming"

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When Donald Knuth needs the power of a super computer, he has a resource that many others don't. Knuth can call up the folks at Google. They often let him tap into the same machines that search the entire Internet. Knuth is legendary in the computer science world for writing a series of reference books called "The Art Of Computer Programming." They're part cookbook, ...

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