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0 pointswhattheheckheck1y ago0 comments

Get more people into computer science. Knuth said early on in his career he thought he needed to make the computer faster or cheaper but really it was about getting more users. Anyone can program. Or try to then learn about computer science

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svat1y ago

Where has Knuth said that? Sounds like the opposite of what I've generally heard from him (not caring about popularity etc).

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