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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Ohio State CMichigan B001010
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