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The Art of Computer Programming
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So the art of computer programming as the book is focused on single processor algorithms and for the most part and you mentioned that's only because I set the table of contents in 1962.
Lex Fridman · Lex Fridman Podcast · Dec 2019 Listen at 1:12:48 What they say about it
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And donald knuth uh in his first volume of his you know art of computer programming in around 1968 says well what's computation.
You set the table of contents for this magnum opus.
Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast · Dec 2019 The only thing that I know that that I have on my agenda is to is to try to do as well as I can with the art of computer programming until I go see.
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The Art of Computer Programming by Donald E. Knuth is a comprehensive multi-volume monograph chronicling the synthesis and analysis of foundational computer algorithms and programming techniques. The landmark work was the central focus of a dedicated episode on the Lex Fridman Podcast, where host Lex Fridman and Donald Knuth discussed the magnum opus's origins, which began as a single-book plan in 1962 and evolved into a multi-volume project. During the conversation, Knuth reflected on his long-term agenda, noting that successfully progressing with his book remained his primary unfulfilled goal in life, while also pointing out that the work primarily focuses on single-processor algorithms due to the initial table of contents he set decades prior. The book was also referenced by other guests across different podcast platforms to illustrate historical concepts in computer science. Michael Nielsen mentioned Knuth's preface on the Dwarkesh Podcast to highlight how the field grew to feature deep theorems, and Rodney Brooks referenced the first volume of the work on the Lex Fridman Podcast when discussing early definitions of computation articulated by Knuth in 1968.
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Donald Knuth all of my go have been fulfilled except for finishing narrative computer programming 2
“all of my go have been fulfilled except for finishing narrative computer programming”
“the only thing that I know that that I have on my agenda is to is to try to do as well as I can with the art of computer programming until I go see”
Lex Fridman so the art of computer programming as the book is focused on single processor algorithms and for the most p… 2
“so let's go to the art of computer programming in 1962 you set the table of contents for this magnum opus right yeah it was supposed to be a single book for 12 chapters now today what is it 57 years later you're in the middle of volume 4 of 7 and in the middle of going for B is”
“so the art of computer programming as the book is focused on single processor algorithms and for the most part and you mentioned that's only because I set the table of contents in 1962”
Michael Nielsen I think it was Knuth in the preface to The Art of Computer Programming who says something like it. 1
“I think it was Knuth in the preface to The Art of Computer Programming who says something like it.”
Rodney Brooks and donald knuth uh in his first volume of his you know art of computer programming in around 1968 says wel… 1
“and donald knuth uh in his first volume of his you know art of computer programming in around 1968 says well what's computation”
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“he's the author of the multi-volume work the magnum opus the art of computer programming”