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1. knuth-elevator: A Go implementation of the elevator simulator described by Donald E. Knuth. 2019-09-16

   tags: algorithm, elevator, knuth, programming, programming/go

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   > One of the references on Wikipedia’s Elevator Paradox page is a paper written by Donald E. Knuth dated many years prior to his simulator. A side-effect of that research experience may have been a lasting interest in the intricate details of elevator systems.

   • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Computer_Programming
   • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete-event_simulation
2. Trie - Wikipedia 2018-02-13

   tags: algorithm, data, string, tree

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   • https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-applications-for-Tries-the-data-structure
   • https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-trie
   • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radix_tree
   • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuth%E2%80%93Morris%E2%80%93Pratt_algorithm
   • https://www.amazon.com/dp/032157351X/
3. Introduction to Literate Programming 2016-03-29

   tags: development, editor/emacs, error, literate, mode, org, programming, trial

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   "Instead of imagining that our main task is to instruct a computer what to do, let us concentrate rather on explaining to human beings what we want a computer to do."

   • Donald Knuth