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One the aspect I like the most about this man is how approachable and down to earth he still is after all these years. I'll give one example. Late on night, my
by __sy__ 6y ago
One the aspect I like the most about this man is how approachable and down to earth he still is after all these years. I'll give one example. Late on night, my friends were in the basement of the Gates building at Stanford working on their CS107 Heap Allocator project. Lo and behold, Donald Knuth walks by and sees them drawing all sorts of things on the white board in the hallway. "What's that?" he asks, to which my friend responds about the heap allocator project. "Oh, I know a thing or two about heap allocators; let me guide you" :)
edit: lo and behold!
- nkingsy 6y agoI think you meant “lo and behold”, but lord sounds good too in this context
- __sy__ 6y agoah! I wish I was this clever--sadly, I am just bad at writing...
- cpeterso 6y agoIt's a great story! btw, "Lo and Behold (Reveries of the Connected World)" is the name of a documentary by Werner Herzog about the history of the Internet. "LO" was the first text sent on UCLA's Internet test. They probably intended to enter "LOGIN" but the network crashed. :) https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lo_and_behold_reveries_of_the_connected_world https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lo_and_behold_reveries_of_t...