On: The Tao of Programming (1987)

[alfonsodev]

> "Spelling as plot device"

I'm curious, what do you mean ? could you point me somewhere to learn about it ? is it something like or related to a McGuffin ?

[JetSpiegel → alfonsodev]

The typo "prefect" at the end is part of the plot, that nobody id perfect.

[alfonsodev → JetSpiegel]

Apparently the typo was "fixed" in the html version http://www.mit.edu/~xela/tao.html maybe whoever ported didn't catch the subtle double meaning ? Or was just a typo.

[sevensor → JetSpiegel]

Their/there/they're confusion is also an expression of the Tao.