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Five hand-written pages and no scratch-outs or corrections. And maybe I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure this wasn't the Nth draft. I don't doubt that he just sat
by carapace 7y ago
Five hand-written pages and no scratch-outs or corrections. And maybe I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure this wasn't the Nth draft. I don't doubt that he just sat down and wrote it out in one go.
(It's so impressive it's almost galling. He makes me feel just a little like Salieri, of Mozart.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus_(film)
- throwaway_pdp09 7y agoDijkstra was well known for having a big thing for handwriting. No reason to believe it was his first draft, not that I know, though.
- JadeNB 7y agoIf you can hand-write one page with no scratch-outs or corrections, then you can write five, by discarding pages that fail the standard if necessary.
- waynesonfire 7y agoit was obviously initially typed in ms word and then handwritten.
- dreamcompiler 7y agoEWD almost certainly wrote these on transparent film, because he gave his lectures on overhead projectors. Such film allows easy correction of mistakes because overhead projector markers are water-soluble.
- carapace 7y agoAh! Now that you mention it I see what you mean. Whew! That must be it. Thanks!