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The art of #oneliner #programming - viewed from two very different perspectives: Edsger #Dijkstra and Donald #Knuth:

The art of #oneliner #programming - viewed from two very different perspectives: Edsger #Dijkstra and Donald #Knuth:

The art of #oneliner #programming - viewed from two very different perspectives: Edsger #Dijkstra and Donald #Knuth:

The art of #oneliner #programming - viewed from two very different perspectives: Edsger #Dijkstra and Donald #Knuth:

Fixed two long standing bugs in the line breaking algorithm in boxes and glue. I had to re-read the Knuth paper about optimum fit line breaking... Both fixes are in v0.2.18

#boxesandglue #knuth #digitaltypography

https://blog.gslin.org/archives/2026/04/05/12975/knuth-%e7%9c%8b-claude-opus-4-6-%e8%a7%a3%e9%a1%8c%e7%9a%84%e5%be%8c%e7%ba%8c/

Knuth 看 Claude Opus 4.6 解題的後續

#46 #54 #case #claude #cycle #donald #even #gpt #knuth #llm #math #mathematics #odd #opus #pro #proof

I've read a couple of breathless articles about Donald #Knuth's use of #LLM systems, and found (unsurprisingly) that he has a paper about it, if you prefer your news without someone else's hot takes:

https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/papers/claude-cycles.pdf

(Sidebar: apparently he's working on *another* volume of #TAOCP? Good lord. I still haven't worked through the exercises in Vol. 1.)

#AI #Programming #ComputerScience

Further human + AI + proof assistant work on Knuth's "Claude Cycles" problem

https://twitter.com/BoWang87/status/2037648937453232504

#HackerNews #Further #human #AI #proof #assistant #Knuth #Claude #Cycles

Further human + AI + proof assistant work on Knuth's "Claude Cycles" problem

https://twitter.com/BoWang87/status/2037648937453232504

#HackerNews #Further #human #AI #proof #assistant #Knuth #Claude #Cycles

Further human + AI + proof assistant work on Knuth's "Claude Cycles" problem

https://twitter.com/BoWang87/status/2037648937453232504

#HackerNews #Further #human #AI #proof #assistant #Knuth #Claude #Cycles

Further human + AI + proof assistant work on Knuth's "Claude Cycles" problem

https://twitter.com/BoWang87/status/2037648937453232504

#HackerNews #Further #human #AI #proof #assistant #Knuth #Claude #Cycles

Further human + AI + proof assistant work on Knuth's "Claude Cycles" problem

https://twitter.com/BoWang87/status/2037648937453232504

#HackerNews #Further #human #AI #proof #assistant #Knuth #Claude #Cycles

Okay, I have to ask first and google then:

Has anyone *ever* ported #DOOM to Donald #Knuth​s #MMIX machine?

I think he deserves to see that.

Knuth's merge-sort in C. Definitely in the style of mathematician programming.

https://www.yodaiken.com/2024/01/24/kuths-merge-sort-in-c/

#Clanguage #programming #knuth #mergesort

Knuth's merge-sort in C. Definitely in the style of mathematician programming.

https://www.yodaiken.com/2024/01/24/kuths-merge-sort-in-c/

#Clanguage #programming #knuth #mergesort

Knuth's merge-sort in C. Definitely in the style of mathematician programming.

https://www.yodaiken.com/2024/01/24/kuths-merge-sort-in-c/

#Clanguage #programming #knuth #mergesort

Knuth's merge-sort in C. Definitely in the style of mathematician programming.

https://www.yodaiken.com/2024/01/24/kuths-merge-sort-in-c/

#Clanguage #programming #knuth #mergesort

Knuth's merge-sort in C. Definitely in the style of mathematician programming.

https://www.yodaiken.com/2024/01/24/kuths-merge-sort-in-c/

#Clanguage #programming #knuth #mergesort

Donald Knuth is quite enthusiastic about his recent experiences with generative AI: https://cusy.io/en/blog/knuth-claudes-cycles.html
#Knuth #GenAI #AI #Claude #Anthropic

Donald #Knuth, the godfather of computer science, says an #AI solved a math problem he was stuck on for weeks - https://boingboing.net/2026/03/03/donald-knuth-the-godfather-of-computer-science-says-an-ai-solved-a-math-problem-he-was-stuck-on-for-weeks.html good use

"Shock! Shock! I learned yesterday that an open problem I’d been working on for several weeks had just been solved by #Claude Opus 4.6 [..]
It seems that I’ll have to revise my opinions about “generative #AI” one of these days.",
Donald #Knuth (2026-03-02)

https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/papers/claude-cycles.pdf

A recent note by Donald #Knuth on an open problem he stated in TAOCP vol 4 (decomposing a class of digraph into cycles), the problem was solved with the help of #AI model Claude Opus 4.6. Interesting to see that Knuth still working on a possible new chapter of TAOCP and not excluding the use of generative artificial intelligence !

https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/papers/claude-cycles.pdf

#mathematics #computerscience

https://blog.gslin.org/archives/2026/03/04/12912/knuth-%e7%9c%8b-claude-opus-4-6-%e8%a7%a3%e9%a1%8c/

Knuth 看 Claude Opus 4.6 解題

#4.6 #algo #algorithm #claude #knuth #language #large #learning #llm #machine #math #mathematics #ml #model #opus

A quotation from Donald Knuth

Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do.

Donald E. Knuth (b. 1938) American computer scientist, mathematician, academic
Essay (1996), “Foreword” to Marko Petkovsek, Herbert Wilf and Doron Zeilberger, A = B (1996)

More about this quote: wist.info/knuth-donald-e/81691…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #knuth #donaldknuth #art #computer #explanation #programming #science #understanding #artificialintelligence

Imagine spending your weekend learning about "qntm's #power #tower toy" 🙄—a mathematical monstrosity wrapped in Knuth's #up-arrow notation, like anyone's going to use that at a #cocktail #party. 🍸📉 You're just a Graham's #number away from impressing absolutely no one. 😂
https://qntm.org/files/knuth/knuth.html #qntm #math #Knuth #HackerNews #ngated

Imagine spending your weekend learning about "qntm's #power #tower toy" 🙄—a mathematical monstrosity wrapped in Knuth's #up-arrow notation, like anyone's going to use that at a #cocktail #party. 🍸📉 You're just a Graham's #number away from impressing absolutely no one. 😂
https://qntm.org/files/knuth/knuth.html #qntm #math #Knuth #HackerNews #ngated

Imagine spending your weekend learning about "qntm's #power #tower toy" 🙄—a mathematical monstrosity wrapped in Knuth's #up-arrow notation, like anyone's going to use that at a #cocktail #party. 🍸📉 You're just a Graham's #number away from impressing absolutely no one. 😂
https://qntm.org/files/knuth/knuth.html #qntm #math #Knuth #HackerNews #ngated

Imagine spending your weekend learning about "qntm's #power #tower toy" 🙄—a mathematical monstrosity wrapped in Knuth's #up-arrow notation, like anyone's going to use that at a #cocktail #party. 🍸📉 You're just a Graham's #number away from impressing absolutely no one. 😂
https://qntm.org/files/knuth/knuth.html #qntm #math #Knuth #HackerNews #ngated

Imagine spending your weekend learning about "qntm's #power #tower toy" 🙄—a mathematical monstrosity wrapped in Knuth's #up-arrow notation, like anyone's going to use that at a #cocktail #party. 🍸📉 You're just a Graham's #number away from impressing absolutely no one. 😂
https://qntm.org/files/knuth/knuth.html #qntm #math #Knuth #HackerNews #ngated

Ah yes, yet another attempt to decrypt the Rosetta Stone of #coding - "literate programming." 📚💻 A literary masterpiece where everyone pretends to understand #Knuth, while secretly just hoping the comments make the code run faster. 🤦‍♂️ Spoiler alert: It’s like Shakespearean sonnets but for the terminally nerdy.
https://pqnelson.github.io/2024/05/29/literate-programming.html #literateprogramming #humor #techliterature #nerdculture #programmingjokes #HackerNews #ngated

Ah yes, yet another attempt to decrypt the Rosetta Stone of #coding - "literate programming." 📚💻 A literary masterpiece where everyone pretends to understand #Knuth, while secretly just hoping the comments make the code run faster. 🤦‍♂️ Spoiler alert: It’s like Shakespearean sonnets but for the terminally nerdy.
https://pqnelson.github.io/2024/05/29/literate-programming.html #literateprogramming #humor #techliterature #nerdculture #programmingjokes #HackerNews #ngated

Ah yes, yet another attempt to decrypt the Rosetta Stone of #coding - "literate programming." 📚💻 A literary masterpiece where everyone pretends to understand #Knuth, while secretly just hoping the comments make the code run faster. 🤦‍♂️ Spoiler alert: It’s like Shakespearean sonnets but for the terminally nerdy.
https://pqnelson.github.io/2024/05/29/literate-programming.html #literateprogramming #humor #techliterature #nerdculture #programmingjokes #HackerNews #ngated

Ah yes, yet another attempt to decrypt the Rosetta Stone of #coding - "literate programming." 📚💻 A literary masterpiece where everyone pretends to understand #Knuth, while secretly just hoping the comments make the code run faster. 🤦‍♂️ Spoiler alert: It’s like Shakespearean sonnets but for the terminally nerdy.
https://pqnelson.github.io/2024/05/29/literate-programming.html #literateprogramming #humor #techliterature #nerdculture #programmingjokes #HackerNews #ngated

I wish I could replace AI hype with TAOCP hype.

~OpenAI~ Knuth just dropped ~Chat GPT-5~ a new draft of Pre-Fascicle 8a. This is going to revolutionize the industry. Get on board or get left behind!

#taocp #knuth #bittwiddle vs #llm #ai #bittwaddle

Revisiting Knuth's "Premature Optimization" Paper

https://probablydance.com/2025/06/19/revisiting-knuths-premature-optimization-paper/

#HackerNews #Revisiting #Premature #Optimization #Paper #optimization #knuth #programming #softwaredevelopment #techthoughts #computerScience

Revisiting Knuth's "Premature Optimization" Paper

https://probablydance.com/2025/06/19/revisiting-knuths-premature-optimization-paper/

#HackerNews #Revisiting #Premature #Optimization #Paper #optimization #knuth #programming #softwaredevelopment #techthoughts #computerScience

Revisiting Knuth's "Premature Optimization" Paper

https://probablydance.com/2025/06/19/revisiting-knuths-premature-optimization-paper/

#HackerNews #Revisiting #Premature #Optimization #Paper #optimization #knuth #programming #softwaredevelopment #techthoughts #computerScience

Revisiting Knuth's "Premature Optimization" Paper

https://probablydance.com/2025/06/19/revisiting-knuths-premature-optimization-paper/

#HackerNews #Revisiting #Premature #Optimization #Paper #optimization #knuth #programming #softwaredevelopment #techthoughts #computerScience

Revisiting Knuth's "Premature Optimization" Paper

https://probablydance.com/2025/06/19/revisiting-knuths-premature-optimization-paper/

#HackerNews #Revisiting #Premature #Optimization #Paper #optimization #knuth #programming #softwaredevelopment #techthoughts #computerScience

Tim Peters is reliably good at a memorable turn of phrase:

"Professor Knuth's masterful work on the topics of sorting and searching spans nearly 800 pages of sophisticated technical text. In Python practice, we reduce it to two imperatives (we read Knuth so you don't have to)..."
– Tim Peters, from his introduction to chapter 5, "Searching and Sorting", in the 2nd edition of the Python Cookbook (2005).

"Over the years samplesort was in use, I made a standing offer to buy dinner for anyone who could code a faster Python sort. Alas, I ate alone."
– Tim Peters, from his introduction to chapter 5, "Searching and Sorting", in the 2nd edition of the Python Cookbook (2005).

(4/6)

#Python #sorting #Knuth

Saw this nascent #macropad for #mathematicians and thought of #mathstodon

Their slogan is "Type equations at the speed of thought with this specialized keypad".

https://www.crowdsupply.com/summa-cogni/mathpad

I'm not a mathematician, so if I've missed any hashtags out please feel free to add them by reply!

#math #maths #mathematics #computing #latex #knuth #keyboard #keyboards #typing #macropads

Saw this nascent #macropad for #mathematicians and thought of #mathstodon

Their slogan is "Type equations at the speed of thought with this specialized keypad".

https://www.crowdsupply.com/summa-cogni/mathpad

I'm not a mathematician, so if I've missed any hashtags out please feel free to add them by reply!

#math #maths #mathematics #computing #latex #knuth #keyboard #keyboards #typing #macropads

Saw this nascent #macropad for #mathematicians and thought of #mathstodon

Their slogan is "Type equations at the speed of thought with this specialized keypad".

https://www.crowdsupply.com/summa-cogni/mathpad

I'm not a mathematician, so if I've missed any hashtags out please feel free to add them by reply!

#math #maths #mathematics #computing #latex #knuth #keyboard #keyboards #typing #macropads

Saw this nascent #macropad for #mathematicians and thought of #mathstodon

Their slogan is "Type equations at the speed of thought with this specialized keypad".

https://www.crowdsupply.com/summa-cogni/mathpad

I'm not a mathematician, so if I've missed any hashtags out please feel free to add them by reply!

#math #maths #mathematics #computing #latex #knuth #keyboard #keyboards #typing #macropads

Saw this nascent #macropad for #mathematicians and thought of #mathstodon

Their slogan is "Type equations at the speed of thought with this specialized keypad".

https://www.crowdsupply.com/summa-cogni/mathpad

I'm not a mathematician, so if I've missed any hashtags out please feel free to add them by reply!

#math #maths #mathematics #computing #latex #knuth #keyboard #keyboards #typing #macropads

@alainmi11 plus ancien, moins de bugs, TeX

#TeX #LaTeX #Knuth

For going on 30 years now I've had Knuth's "The Art of Computer Programming" on my shelf, with the goal of someday working my way through it.

I once had dreams of getting a cheque. Now I think I'll be lucky to finish a chapter. (If You Know You Know).

This Leetcode solution for number 31 is actually Knuth's "Algorithm L" for generating the next permutation of elements, in lexicigraphical order, in place.

https://github.com/aeu/legible-algorithms/tree/master/leetcode/0031-next-permutation
https://github.com/aeu/legible-algorithms

#programming #knuth #algorithms #cpp

#Knuth tauchte zum ersten Mal im Protokoll der 1. Sitzung des 21. Deutschen Bundestages am 25.03.2025 auf. Das Protokoll findet sich unter https://dserver.bundestag.de/btp/21/21001.pdf

Yet another #Numberphile on stupidly big numbers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw_ZPdnHGzg
#maths #mathematics #numbers #Steinhaus #Moser #GrahamsNumber #Knuth
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADwK4BgwzP8