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"It's a pleasure to meet you, Professor Knuth, I've read all of your books." (Steve Jobs) "You're full of shit," (Don Knuth) [1] I think that no one in the wo
by program 12y ago
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Professor Knuth, I've read all of your books." (Steve Jobs)
"You're full of shit," (Don Knuth) [1]
I think that no one in the world, except Knuth, has read the entire TAOCP (joke.)
[1] http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Close_Encounters_of_the_Steve_Kind.txt http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Close_Encounters_...
- yashness 12y agoYou may like to watch this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmbGs290qeM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmbGs290qeM
- wglb 12y agoI think this was first generated by someone who knew neither person. In Coders at Work, Bernie Cosell notes that he (and apparently colleagues) read TaoCP cover to cover.