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Dr. Donald E. Knuth
His very own page. Programming wouldn't be what it is today without this man. Invented TeX, Literate Programming, author of landmark series 'The Art of Computer Programming'. Professor Emeritus of The Art of Computer Programming, Stanford University.
www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/
Advogato Interview: Donald E. Knuth
Medium long, deep interview, mostly about TeX, fonts, typography; some about Literate Programming, processors: MMIX, Transmeta, Pentium. Gives a good sense of the man.
www.advogato.org/article/28.html
Donald Knuth Wins Kyoto Prize
Announcement, MAA Online: Mathematical Association of America.
www.maa.org/past/knuth.html
MUF Mastery: Donald Knuth
Brief biography with perceptive editorial comments.
laurel.actlab.utexas.edu/~cynbe/muq/muf3_20.html
Dr. Dobb's TechNetCast Archives: Donald Knuth
Downloadable recordings on topics: MIT God and Computers Lecture Series, MMIX. Questions and answers, and forum exchanges.
technetcast.ddj.com/tnc_search.html?key=Donald+Knuth
Donald Knuth: Leonard Euler of Computer Science
Biography of the great scientist by Nikolai Bezroukov.
www.softpanorama.org/People/Knuth/
Donald Knuth
Growing article, with many links to related topics. [Wikipedia]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Knuth
The Art of Computer Programming
Danny Yee reviews first 3 volumes of Knuth's magnum opus.
dannyreviews.com/h/Art_Programming.html
Love at First Byte
Featured article about Knuth's work, with recent photos. Stanford Magazine.
www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2006/mayjun/features/knuth.html
Rewriting the Bible in 0's and 1's
Since the 1960s, Knuth has been writing the sacred text of computer programming. He's a little behind schedule, but he has an excuse: he took time out to reinvent digital typography. By Steve Ditlea. Technology Review.
www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=11960
Donald Knuth, Founding Artist of Computer Science
Interview with Knuth, National Public Radio, by David Kestenbaum.
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4532247
ACM: Fellows Award: Donald E. Knuth
Grace Murray Hopper Award, given to outstanding young computer professional of 1971, based on one major technical or service contribution. Knuth published in 1968, Volume I of his monumental treatise The Art of Computer Programming.
awards.acm.org/hopper/citation.cfm?id=6509862&srt=all&aw=145&ao=GMHOPPER
Donald E. Knuth
Author page: brief biography, links to all his books, interview.
www.informit.com/authors/bio.aspx?a=2de84f4c-8723-4a84-93ed-8de612617561
Innovations Interviews Donald Knuth on The Art of Computer Programming
Brief, insightful, pure text; Addison-Wesley Professional.
www.informit.com/content/images/0201896834/interview/0201896834.html
Interview with Donald Knuth
Covers open source success, multicore architecture problems, disappointing lack of interest in literate programming, reusable code menace, and urban legend about a programming contest win with one compilation. InformIT.
www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1193856


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