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The furthest back reference I can find for this story is https://softpanorama.org/People/Knuth/index.shtml https://softpanorama.org/People/Knuth/index.shtml Ho
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The furthest back reference I can find for this story is https://softpanorama.org/People/Knuth/index.shtml https://softpanorama.org/People/Knuth/index.shtml
However, Knuth refuted it. "My program didn't work the first time" https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1193856 https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1193856