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Knuth was talking about a very specific thing, and the generalization of that quote is a misunderstanding of his point. Source: Donald Knuth on the Lex Fridman

Knuth was talking about a very specific thing, and the generalization of that quote is a misunderstanding of his point. Source: Donald Knuth on the Lex Fridman podcast, when Lex asks him about that phrase

nsguy 2y ago
I wasn't aware this was discussed, thanks for the pointer! I'm curious now what he says he was talking about ;)
- nsguy 2y ago
  Here's that segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74RdET79q40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74RdET79q40