The Essential KnuthDonald Knuth, Edgar G. Daylight, Kurt De Grave
The Essential Knuth
by Donald Knuth, Edgar G. Daylight, Kurt De Grave · first published 2013
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I've read http://www.amazon.com/The-Essential-Knuth-Donald-E/dp/949138... over the holidays, and there was a nice reflection about these ideas from today's viewpoint.
on “Structured Programming with go to Statements (1974) [pdf]” ↗Can't vouch for this book, but coincidentally just read about it today-- "The Essential Knuth" by Knuth, Daylight, and DeGrave. Donald E. Knuth lived two separate lives in the late 1950s. During daylight he ran down the visible and respectable lane of mathematics. During nighttime, he trod the…
on “A Mathematician’s Lament (2002) [pdf]” ↗