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This is like asking for the title of the Bible after a psalm was quoted on a forum for religion. It's "The Art of Computer Programming", volume 3 (Sorting and
by elpocko 2y ago
This is like asking for the title of the Bible after a psalm was quoted on a forum for religion.
It's "The Art of Computer Programming", volume 3 (Sorting and searching) by Donald Knuth. HTH
- zahlman 2y agoThis is Hacker News, not Computer Scientist News. Knuth's work wasn't part of my programming curriculum in an engineering program, either.
- elpocko 2y ago>This is Hacker News, not Computer Scientist News. Or Basic Internet Search News.
- karmakurtisaani 2y agoExcuse me, but we are hackers, not some fancy elitist people who think for themselves and find out things on their own using some modern internet search tools.
- kergonath 2y ago> This is like asking for the title of the Bible after a psalm was quoted on a forum for religion. That is…not a great answer, unless you want to reinforce the meme that CS is a cult. Besides, the context you mention is utterly alien to millions of people. People get born every day, and people learn the basics every day. We should be helping them grow, not gatekeeping. Your second sentence was more than enough.