Fwd: NY Times article about Donald Knuth

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: John Shoch <j () shoch com>
> Date: December 19, 2018 at 07:54:35 GMT+9
> To: "Farber, Dave" <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Re: [IP] NY Times article about Donald Knuth
>
> It was actually entitled "The Yoda of Silicon Valley" -- evoking a somewhat different image than a Yoga master.....
>
> John S.
>
>
> > On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 4:54 PM Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Begin forwarded message:
> > >
> > > From: Ellen Ullman <ullman () well com>
> > > Subject: NY Times article about Donald Knuth
> > > Date: December 18, 2018 6:21:26 JST
> > > To: dave <dave () farber net>
> > > Reply-To: Ellen Ullman <ullman () well com>
> > >
> > > Dave, 
> > > For IP if you wish.
> > >
> > > This piece about Donald Knuth comes from the New York Times Science section, titled (unfortunately) The Yoga of 
> > > Silicon Valley: Donald Knuth, master of algorithms, reflects on 50 years of his opus-in-progress, "The Art of 
> > > Computer Programming."
> > >
> > > https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/17/science/donald-knuth-computers-algorithms-programming.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage
> > >
> > > I chose the short except below because it expresses a view of programming that has gotten lost, perhaps 
> > > necessarily, in the age of machine learning:
> > >
> > > "Following Dr. Knuth’s doctrine helps to ward off moronry. He is known for introducing the notion of “literate 
> > > programming,” emphasizing the importance of writing code that is readable by humans as well as computers — a notion 
> > > that nowadays seems almost twee."
> >
> > Archives | Modify Your Subscription | Unsubscribe Now         



-------------------------------------------
Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now
Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=18849915
Unsubscribe Now: 
https://www.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?member_id=18849915&id_secret=18849915-a538de84&post_id=20181218185356:2C7C8AFA-0320-11E9-B18A-E88348A38F46
Powered by Listbox: https://www.listbox.com