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My favorite Knuth fact is that he thinks P = NP. [1][2] That's a very contrarian view. [1]: https://youtube.com/watch?v=XDTOs8MgQfg https://youtube.com/watch?

My favorite Knuth fact is that he thinks P = NP. [1][2] That's a very contrarian view. [1]: https://youtube.com/watch?v=XDTOs8MgQfg https://youtube.com/watch?v=XDTOs8MgQfg [2]: https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2213858&WT.mc_id=Author_Knuth_20Questions https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2213858&WT....

klenwell 4y ago
That's interesting. But my favorite Knuth fact remains the fact that he published his first technical paper in Mad Magazine.[1] [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20351772 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20351772