Java Glossary : Knuth, Donald Ervin

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Another name for God. Knuth has been around longer though. His series of books on algorithms and computing written back in the 1960s are still definitive. Every time I invented an incredible new algorithm, someone would point out the idea was old hat, described in a footnote somewhere in Knuth. I did finally figure out a way of doing multiprecision divide a little faster than his algorithm.

The Art Of Computer Programming

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Donald Knuth

Knuth's volumes 1, 2 and 3 are the reference works for standard algorithms. At his website he describes plans for volumes 4 and 5.

He also invented Web literate programming and the T_EX typesetting scheme that laid the groundwork for PostScript. He is too busy working on his textbooks to accept email but you can write to him via snail mail at:
Donald E. Knuth
Professor of the Art of Computer Programming
Computer Science Dept., Gates 477
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-9045
USA

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