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comp1927
on April 12, 2015
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Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B (200...
Latex's author already prove it wrong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Knuth
gamegoblin
on April 12, 2015
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Knuth did TeX. LaTeX was Leslie Lamport. LaTex is short for Lamport TeX.
zaroth
on April 12, 2015
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Quite the exclusive clique they've got there.
isomorphic
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I grant your point, but that's a bit like saying Einstein was a good physicist.
raldi
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Prove what wrong?
isomorphic
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I think comp1927 means Knuth proves that one can get better with age. Which is a fine point, but Donald Knuth is a difficult lead to follow.
switch_bro
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Keep in mind that Knuth is not a software engineer - he makes his living as a tenured professor at Stanford (these days professor emeritus).
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