Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Science and Learning, Serendipity and Chaos, tagged Donald E. Knuth, Elegance, Grok, Philosophy, Quotes, Things A Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About on February 5, 2011| Leave a Comment »
| Whatever I do, I try to do it in a way that has some elegance; I try to create something that I think is beautiful. Instead of just getting a job done, I prefer to do my work in a way that pleases me in as many senses as possible. | |
| — Donald E. Knuth | |
| From his book: “Things A Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About“ | |
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Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, tagged Donald E. Knuth, Philosophy, Quotes, Things A Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About on February 5, 2011| Leave a Comment »
| Have any of you ever been to a convention of English professors? Do you know that they actually read their papers to each other, word for word, relishing each and every literary nuance? It blew my mind when I first learned that — because of course computer scientist do the opposite, we always just stand up and talk. | |
| — Donald E. Knuth | |
| From his book: “Things A Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About“ | |
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