I consider Knuth a special case. He isn't really working on projects with pressing/shifting deadlines and timeframes. He does research and writes books. He's ba

I consider Knuth a special case. He isn't really working on projects with pressing/shifting deadlines and timeframes. He does research and writes books. He's basically an author now. So doing things in "batch mode" as he says, makes sense for his particular work flow. He also has his own secretary. LUL.