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Re:Knuth: Computer Programming as an Art (1974) by _petronius on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @04:36AM (#10893228)
> You have to find the artists' artist and mix her color 5000 times, like roll-on-your-head Shaolin Temple skull-hardening. Return to the 36th Chamber and draw with charcoal attached to the end of a long stick of bamboo, then ring the bell, for another style has died.

Or, you know, go to art school.

Re:Knuth: Computer Programming as an Art (1974) by _petronius on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @11:19AM (#10895380)
Why the downvote aggro for a tounge-in-cheek quip?
Re:Knuth: Computer Programming as an Art (1974) by pjbrunet on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @09:42PM (#10899315)
It wasn't me. I think art school should help, but you never know what you're going to get there. A lot of info slips through the cracks.