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Donald Knuth

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(person)Donald Knuth - Donald E. Knuth, the author of the TeX document formatting system, Metafont its font-design program and the 3 volume computer science "Bible" of algorithms, "The Art of Computer Programming".

Knuth suggested the name "Backus-Naur Form" and was also involved in the SOL simulation language, and developed the WEB literate programming system.

See also MIX, Turingol.
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Life without email Retired professor Donald Knuth, like many 70-year-olds, doesn't use email, but his lack of involvement was the result of a conscious decision made nearly 20 years ago.
Richard Stallman: The high priest of hi-tech who shuns technology by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
95 [pounds sterling] Digital Typography can never repay the debt it owns to Donald Knuth He reproduces here the series of papers he wrote from 1977 onwards that reveal how he thought through and created TEX and Metafont.
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In the latter case, Mary Lipphardt had been praised for her work and considered for a promotion until she ended her relationship with her supervisor, Donald Knuth.
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