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Not unsurprisingly, articles like this say more about the author than about Knuth. Knuth is not for everybody. No question about that. But for people who are

Not unsurprisingly, articles like this say more about the author than about Knuth. Knuth is not for everybody. No question about that. But for people who are interested in the area he covers, there is no one better.

jobeirne 18y ago
"Not unsurprisingly"? That hurts my head.
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- michael_dorfman 18y ago
  Yeah, one negative too many, huh? Well, I guess you can save the extra one for next time.
  - maw 18y ago
    You shouldn't use no triple negatives neither.
    - brentr 18y ago
      Come on, most of us have had some form of logic class. It shouldn't be that hard. !(!p) = p.
      - andreyf 18y ago
        Natural language != logic.
      - khafra 18y ago
        There's a fat chance you'll ever have a slim chance of applying that universally to natural language.
        brentr 18y ago
        I understand. You are not in a humorous mood.
        msg 18y ago
        There's not a slim chance you'll never have a fat chance of unapplying that locally to unnatural language.
signa11 18y ago
some like water, some like wine. to each his own.