https://blog.assad.fr/en/tags/programming/Recent content in Programming on Arhuman's BlogHugoen-usTue, 10 Mar 2026 02:38:37 +0100https://blog.assad.fr/en/post/extra-touch-of-art/Tue, 10 Mar 2026 02:38:37 +0100https://blog.assad.fr/en/post/extra-touch-of-art/<p>Faced with an AI capable of compiling our intentions into working programs, I ask myself: does our craft reduce to assembling syntax, or does it hide a dimension that is by nature beyond computation?</p> <p>I was 17 when I finally got my hands on &ldquo;The Art of Computer Programming&rdquo; by Donald Knuth. At the time, in 1989, reference books on programming were rare and the 4 volumes of TAOCP had the status of a &ldquo;bible&rdquo;; it remains for me a reference work that every computer scientist should read.</p>