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Knuth: Programs to Read

34 points by zkz 17y ago

bayareaguy 17y ago
Too bad all the links on that page are dead.
- gasull 17y ago
  Untrue.
  - bayareaguy 17y ago
    Well, I must admit I didn't try every link so perhaps one of them might be valid but lets see what happens when we try the first few: cweb - The requested URL /~uno/cweb.html was not found on this server. Axioms and Hulls - The requested URL /~uno/aah.html was not found on this server. Computer Musings - The requested URL /~uno/musings.html was not found on this server. Don't waste your time with this page, use the one dimitar posted instead: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/programs.html http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/programs.html
dimitar 17y ago
Why the archived version? See the recent one: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/programs.html http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/programs.html By the way, Donald Knuth uses Emacs to write TeX :-)
- jrockway 17y ago
  That emacs mode is amusing. Someone should tell him about macros :) (I'm not trying to be critical, BTW. I just find it interesting when extraordinary people do ordinary things, like writing an emacs mode to colorize a given line.)
- cduan 17y ago
  There is an interview where he explains what he likes about Emacs: I have special Emacs modes to help me classify all the tens of thousands of papers and notes in my files, and special Emacs keyboard shortcuts that make bookwriting a little bit like playing an organ. Probably one of the few rational vi/emacs arguments I've seen. And it also is a good reason why I like vi, given that I can barely hit two keys on a piano at the same time. (Link to interview: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1193856 http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1193856)
  - qohen 17y ago
    ...and special Emacs keyboard shortcuts that make bookwriting a little bit like playing an organ. A bit of trivia: Knuth has actually studied the organ--in fact, he has a pipe organ at his home: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/organ.html http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/organ.html

34 points by zkz 17y ago

bayareaguy 17y ago

Too bad all the links on that page are dead.

gasull 17y ago
Untrue.
- bayareaguy 17y ago
  Well, I must admit I didn't try every link so perhaps one of them might be valid but lets see what happens when we try the first few: cweb - The requested URL /~uno/cweb.html was not found on this server. Axioms and Hulls - The requested URL /~uno/aah.html was not found on this server. Computer Musings - The requested URL /~uno/musings.html was not found on this server. Don't waste your time with this page, use the one dimitar posted instead: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/programs.html http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/programs.html

dimitar 17y ago

Why the archived version? See the recent one: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/programs.html http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/programs.html By the way, Donald Knuth uses Emacs to write TeX :-)

jrockway 17y ago
That emacs mode is amusing. Someone should tell him about macros :) (I'm not trying to be critical, BTW. I just find it interesting when extraordinary people do ordinary things, like writing an emacs mode to colorize a given line.)
cduan 17y ago
There is an interview where he explains what he likes about Emacs: I have special Emacs modes to help me classify all the tens of thousands of papers and notes in my files, and special Emacs keyboard shortcuts that make bookwriting a little bit like playing an organ. Probably one of the few rational vi/emacs arguments I've seen. And it also is a good reason why I like vi, given that I can barely hit two keys on a piano at the same time. (Link to interview: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1193856 http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1193856)
- qohen 17y ago
  ...and special Emacs keyboard shortcuts that make bookwriting a little bit like playing an organ. A bit of trivia: Knuth has actually studied the organ--in fact, he has a pipe organ at his home: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/organ.html http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/organ.html