Donald Knuth: What does beautiful code look like? | Lex Fridman Podcast Clips

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Donald Knuth is a computer scientist, Turing Award winner, father of algorithm analysis, author of The Art of Computer Programming, and creator of TeX.
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[@sergeiegorkin7873]

The perfect combo of the thumbnail+title doesn't exi..... woah

[@rudrakshcodes]

My mind is blown by the way he describes the approach and understanding behind the beauty of a code!!

[@TonyGingrich]

My opinion is that beautiful code:
- Benefits a maximal number of users by solving a long-term problem--as opposed to a short-term.
- Is infinitely scalable by every component being infinitely extensible.
- (As an addendum to the above point) Extensible, meaning not requiring refactors. Code readability is less important when refactor is not necessary.
- All components are decoupled to a level such as to enable reuse from any part of the codebase, extensions, and plugins.
- All operating parameters should be appropriately configurable without requiring new builds.
Also by my opinion, the Linux Kernel source is an example of beautiful code.

[@peter_castle]

Relevant thumbnail!

[@shophar]

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