Premature Optimization Is The Root Of All

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.

Programming Is The Art Of Telling Another Human Being What One Wants The Computer To Do.

For His Major Contributions To The Analysis Of Algorithms And The Design Of Programming Languages, And In Particular For His Contributions To The "art Of Computer Programming" Through His Well-known Books In A Continuous Series By This Title.

We Should Forget About Small Efficiencies, Say About 97% Of The Time: Premature Optimization Is The Root Of All Evil.

Random Numbers Should Not Be Generated With A Method Chosen At Random