On: Hey programmers, we need to talk (2013)

[auggierose]

Yes, in a talk by Moore I attended last year he said it was really disappointing that he gets so many questions about the string search algorithm, and not about his real life's work.

[mcv → auggierose]

Making it another case that proves the point of this article.

[auggierose → mcv]

Nope, not really. Moore got plenty of recognition for his work, for example https://awards.acm.org/award_winners/moore_4797627

It just shows that you shouldn't care about what MOST people care about :-)