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I Remember That Mathematicians Were Telling Me In The 1960s That They Would Recognize Computer Science As A Mature Discipline When It Had 1,000 Deep Algorithms. I Think We've Probably Reached 500.
-Donald Knuth
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I Remember That Mathematicians Were Telling Me

Donald Knuth
I Remember That Mathematicians Were Telling Me In The 1960s That They Would Recognize Computer Science As A Mature Discipline When It Had 1,000 Deep Algorithms. I Think We've Probably Reached 500.
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