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Very interesting document, and many new photos! Love how Knuth explains how he had to be cautious around Dijkstra. He was truly the Chuck Norris of computing
by enriquto 5y ago
Very interesting document, and many new photos! Love how Knuth explains how he had to be cautious around Dijkstra. He was truly the Chuck Norris of computing (badass, beard, and from Texas).
- berkes 5y agoFrom Texas? He's from Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He worked and lived most of his life in The Netherlands and lived and worked about 15 years in Texas, according to Wikipedia.
- enriquto 5y agoSure! but if you read the texts you'll see that he sort of "adopted" a Texan persona when living there.
- iamcurious 5y agoHaha, maybe a bit. But he was also very conscious of the different mindsets between Europe and America (and he firmly stood in the European mindset). Read "on the fact that the atlantic has two sides"
- munificent 5y agoNot every Texan has the luxury of being born there.