Question
This computer scientist developed the TeX (“tek”) language for typesetting technical papers. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this American computer scientist who developed up-arrow notation to notate large integers and wrote The Art of Computer Programming.
ANSWER: Donald Knuth [or Donald Ervin Knuth]
[10h] Knuth created the Dancing Links algorithm for adjusting these data structures. These structures are made up of nodes which have two reference fields and one data field.
ANSWER: doubly linked list [do NOT accept or prompt on “linked list” or “list” alone]
[10e] The Computer Modern type of these things was developed by Knuth for his TeX language. Other common types of these things include Calibri and Arial.
ANSWER: typeface [or font]
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 100% | 25% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
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| Cornell Earth | Cornell Wind | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| RIT | Rochester C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Rochester A | Rochester B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |