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Don Knuth – Constraint Based Music Composition

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Re: Don Knuth – Constraint Based Music Composition

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Post by nocman »

likeachamp17 wrote: post #6

Gotta love this Christian.

Don is such an interesting and humble person -- and oh so very sharp.

I ran into this short video after watching the music one, which shows what a very hard worker he was and still is:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9514350

Re: Don Knuth – Constraint Based Music Composition

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Post by jonhohle »

likeachamp17 wrote: post #6

Gotta love this Christian.

Through some odd twist of, who knows what, I attended the same high school as Donald Knuth. When I learned this, I asked my grandmother if she knew him - she (and my late grandfather) were involved with school since was formed. Not only did she know exactly who he was, but had read one of his books! (Not a CS book, of course; 3:16.) I'm glad that I get to tell people that even my granny has read Knuth.
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