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Donald Knuth is a computer scientist, Turing Award winner, father of algorithm analysis, author of The Art of Computer Programming, and creator of TeX. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) - Introduction
(07:02) - First programs
(30:26) - Literate programming
(33:35) - Beauty in programming
(39:30) - OpenAI
(48:41) - Optimization
(54:46) - Consciousness
(1:03:29) - Conway’s game of life
(1:16:16) - Stable marriage
(1:19:35) - Richard Feynman
(1:30:29) - Knuth-Morris-Pratt Algorithm
(1:40:02) - Hardest problem
(1:57:41) - Open source
(2:02:54) - Favorite symbols
(2:12:27) - Productivity
(2:20:08) - Meaning of life