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Donald Knuth
Donald Knuth is an American computer scientist and mathematician, professor emeritus at Stanford University and recipient of the 1974 ACM Turing Award. He is the author of The Art of Computer Programming and has been called the father of the analysis of algorithms.
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“We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. Yet we should not pass up our opportunities in that critical 3%.”