People who are more than casually interested in computers should have at least some idea of what the underlying hardware is like. Otherwise the programs they write will be pretty weird.

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.