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I did a quick twitter trawl an hour or so after, and it seems like it was actually a joke: a new successor to TeX, using XML, arbitrary precision, and auto-layo
by mark_h 16y ago
I did a quick twitter trawl an hour or so after, and it seems like it was actually a joke: a new successor to TeX, using XML, arbitrary precision, and auto-layout.
Also, my favourite was this one: http://twitter.com/elmindreda/statuses/17444964495 http://twitter.com/elmindreda/statuses/17444964495
"Anyone looking to profile Twitter users can easily identify all programmers today simply by searching for "Knuth"."
- michael_dorfman 16y agoKnuth's sense of humor shouldn't be underestimated-- there are a lot of great jokes hidden in the index of TAOCP, among other places. And, of course, his first publication was in Mad Magazine.
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