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I liked this, from the video: > "Think about the time that you're living in, right, like Don Knuth, who's considered the father of computer science, is still a
by jsomers 17y ago
I liked this, from the video:
> "Think about the time that you're living in, right, like Don Knuth, who's considered the father of computer science, is still alive and he's in this department. It's sort of like you're geometers and you're living in the time of Euclid."
- neilc 17y agoIn fairness, I think Turing is more accurately described as the "father of computer science." But I agree with the general point.
- kqr2 17y agoHow about Ada Lovelace? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace
- endtime 17y agoYou could, perhaps, call her the mother of programming.
- dschobel 17y agoIt's debatable, you can make a strong case for John von Neumann as well.
- neilc 17y agovon Neumann is indisputably a genius, but IMHO his contributions to CS aren't quite as fundamental as Turing's. von Neumann's impact is definitely broader though.
- johnswamps 17y agoThe department likes to make use of this. When I was visiting Stanford after being accepted to their phd program, knuth sat with me and some fellow prospective students at one of the lunches. It was quite convincing :)