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In principle, you need to know nothing. In practice, you need to know something, but not much.
— Gerry Salton
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Oct. 24, 1978
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I had a nice clean solution in my paper until the referee told me it wasn't legal.
— Greg Andrews
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Oct. 20, 1978
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Student: In the recursive Towers of Hanoi program, how do you prove that you never put a disk on a smaller disk?
Gries: You prove it by recursion
Student: You prove it by recursion?
Gries: Sure, you just say, "By recursion."
— David Gries
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Oct. 17, 1978
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Student: Would you like to help grade the 211 exams?
Salton: No. I probably am not qualified.
— Gerry Salton
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Oct. 17, 1978
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The reason I can't say that is because it's not true.
— Alan Demers
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Oct. 16, 1978
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The precise definition is motivated by that bow tie.
— Alan Demers
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Oct. 16, 1978
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let's take this whole section of the board and write a big "dubito" over it.
— Alan Demers
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Oct. 16, 1978
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So zero is strictly less than one.
— Frank Luk
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Oct. 11, 1978
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It seems we have transformed a difficult problem into an impossible one.
— Frank Luk
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Oct. 9, 1978
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I won't give you a sketch of the proof because the sketch wouldn't be sketchy.
— Frank Luk
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Oct. 6, 1978
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The proof of this is so simple that I'm going to give it.
— Frank Luk
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Oct. 6, 1978
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When I do it, it comes out that way. When Tarjan does it, it comes out that way. So proof by intimidation.
— Alan Demers
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Oct. 4, 1978
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