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OK, so Dr. Knuth is alive and well, and reporting a bug. Is there more to this that I'm not seeing?
by KiwiCoder 13y ago
OK, so Dr. Knuth is alive and well, and reporting a bug. Is there more to this that I'm not seeing?
- cevn 13y agoYeah, not exactly sure this is newsworthy. He's not even reporting a bug, just responding to one. Keep being alive Dr. Knuth.
- duaneb 13y agoMetaFont and TeX are both known for being bug-free because Knuth offered cash rewards for finding them—famously, he no longer does this because he had issues with people not cashing his checks. So it's highly unusual to find bugs, and is generally considered newsworthy these days. EDIT: MetaPost -> MetaFont
- chj 13y agoI think you meant MetaFont.
- ronaldx 13y ago> he no longer does this because he had issues with people not cashing his checks. Slight correction - he had issues with people attacking his checking accounts: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/news08.html http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/news08.html