Robert Tarjan famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Once you succeed in writing the programs for [these] complicated algorithms, they usually run extremely fast. The computer doesn't need to understand the algorithm, its task is only to run the programs.
-- Robert Tarjan

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Rogue Squadron doesn't run. Unless we really, really have to.
Rogue Squadron doesnâ€™t run. Unless we really, really have to." "No, this will be Wraith Squadronâ€™s mission." "We donâ€™t mind running. Even when we donâ€™t have to.
This writing business. Pencils and what-not. Over-rated, if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it.
The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.
He [Hemingway] used a stand-up work place he had fashioned out of the top of of a bookcase near his bed. His portable typewriter was snugged in there and papers were spread along the top of the bookcase on either side of it. He used a reading board for longhand writing.
Iâ€™m not a fan of â€˜write what you know.â€™ If you donâ€™t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing â€˜The Year of Living Biblically.â€™ That was kind of the point â€“ to learn.
I can write better than anyone who can write faster,
If the first requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite, the second is to put in your apprenticeship as a feeder when you have enough money to pay the check but not enough to produce indifference of the total.
No matter how much we learn, there is always more knowledge to be gained. In this connection I am reminded of a short poem that has been in my mind over the years. It reads as follow: I used to think I knew I knew. But now I must confess. The more I know I know I know I know I know the less.
Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.

Robert Tarjan famous quotes

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