The hardest thing is to go to sleep at night, when there are so many urgent things needing to be done. A huge gap exists between what we know is possible with today's machines and what we have so far been able to finish.

Instead of simply explaining the subject the book seeks to show the development of the mathematics. ——— (1997) The Art of Computer Programming 2: Seminumerical Algorithms (3rd ed. As an important member of the academic and scientific community Professor Donald Knuth is strongly opposed to the policy of granting software patents.

Donald Ervin Knuth (pron. As an important member of the academic and scientific community Professor Donald Knuth is strongly opposed to the policy of granting software patents. Knuth has been called the "father" of the analysis of algorithms.