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The following anecdote about Steve Jobs is from [1]: I was sitting in Steve's office when Lynn Takahashi, Steve's assistant, announced Knuth's arrival. Ste
by gnosis 14y ago
The following anecdote about Steve Jobs is from [1]:
I was sitting in Steve's office when Lynn Takahashi, Steve's assistant,
announced Knuth's arrival. Steve bounced out of his chair,
bounded over to the door and extended a welcoming hand.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Professor Knuth," Steve said.
"I've read all of your books."
"You're full of shit," Knuth responded.
[1] - http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Close_Encounters_of_the_Steve_Kind.txt http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&s...
- tompko 14y agoThere's a talk by Randall Munroe (xkcd) at google where this is debunked by Knuth himself. It also features him being asked questions about Python by Guido. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJOS0sV2a24 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJOS0sV2a24