Vaughn Pratt

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Another independent discoverer of the string-searching algorithm (KMP). He studied an abstract problem related to palindromes, which led him to an efficient solution.

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Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #219

Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #219

Lex Fridman

Another independent discoverer of the string-searching algorithm (KMP). He studied an abstract problem related to palindromes, which led him to an efficient solution.