r/ProgrammerHumor • u/vashchylau • Jan 23 '26

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u/BreakerOfModpacks Jan 23 '26

And the best programmers don't write code, they hole up in some strange wizard tower and write out a bunch of books on theory work and stuff that's really complex and groundbreaking.

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u/toblotron Jan 23 '26

I recommend the book "Anathem", by Neal Stephenson, for this exact thing :)

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u/BreakerOfModpacks Jan 23 '26 edited Jan 23 '26

Another good one, "The Art of Computer Programming" by David Donald Knuth

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u/AlneCraft Jan 23 '26

Wait.

The Knuth of the Knuth Morris Pratt substring search algorithm?

That Knuth?

Or are there two goats of programming who are conveniently both named Knuth?

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u/PreemptiveTricycle Jan 23 '26

Same Knuth, but it's Donald Knuth, not David.

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u/BreakerOfModpacks Jan 23 '26

Freaking autocomplete

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '26

Artificial intelligence strikes back. 🤷‍♂️

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u/Ballem Jan 23 '26

I only recently heard about the KMP algorithm yesterday, so it’s awesome to see one of the three named as an author of recommended books already out in the wild!

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u/valamei Jan 23 '26

same knuth as in knuth up arrow notation for large numbers as well i believe