> Clyde P. Kruskal proposed the fetch-and-add operation for the NYU Ultracomputer project. I had no idea that my Discrete Structures professor from undergrad h

> Clyde P. Kruskal proposed the fetch-and-add operation for the NYU Ultracomputer project. I had no idea that my Discrete Structures professor from undergrad had such a storied CV! Kruskal was one of my favorite professors. One thing that sticks in my mind about him was what he said when he got to the Honor Code section of the syllabus while going over it on the first day of class. Instead of giving us the customary speech (humorous, menacing, or otherwise) about catching students cheating in the past and their academic records being ruined he simply said "I trust you all implicitly to do the right thing" and moved on. He was a great teacher and was similarly engaging for the rest of the semester.