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The Tears of Donald Knuth (2015)
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by atomic128
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Imagine Knuth's heartbreak when he sees how LLMs have perverted the practical application of the art of computer programming. ("The LLM understands so I don't have to.") It's sad it happened during his lifetime. Has he commented on the topic? Anyone have a link? (2015) At the time (180 points, 55 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8796212 The 2014 talk of Knuth that is being discussed (transcription published later in 2021): “Let’s Not Dumb Down the History of Computer Science”: https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/lets-not-dumb-down-the-history-... HN discussion from 2021: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25907481
by oh_my_goodness
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What a weird, bitchy article. Knuth might be wrong but I gave up. LinkedIn version of the history of CS:In the beginning was assembly language, then we got C, followed by C++ bringing in OOP and Java making it safe, ...
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