Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ...
by dalke on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @01:17PM
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In the late 1990s I implemented an algorithm from one of Knuth's books. (An algorithm to generate prime numbers.) I found a mistake!
I was so excited.
I then checked the errata. It was known.
It took another 20 years before I found an actual mistake, regarding the early history of superimposed codes. A very specialized topic where I have one of the few copies of the patent challenge distinguishing between random superimposed codes and arbitrarily selected superimposed codes.
I was so excited.
I then checked the errata. It was known.
It took another 20 years before I found an actual mistake, regarding the early history of superimposed codes. A very specialized topic where I have one of the few copies of the patent challenge distinguishing between random superimposed codes and arbitrarily selected superimposed codes.
I have a check.