Re:Knuth: Computer Programming as an Art (1974)
by ezequiel-garzon on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @08:37AM
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You have a point. I still find it odd to use a personal domain (other than the author's) for this purpose, with the Internet Archive and other options being available.
Re:Knuth: Computer Programming as an Art (1974)
by jlarocco on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @02:14PM
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What a bunch of lame BS excuses.
Searching for "Computer Programming as an Art" the PDF comes up as the second link (below PG's rip off). Not that it's even relevant because it's given as a direct link.
A scanned PDF is a closer reproduction to the original presentation, and easier to save for later to read.
I trust the ACM's "goodwill" to continue hosting it more than I trust it to remain on PG's website.
Re:Knuth: Computer Programming as an Art (1974)
by gjm11 on Wednesday January 13, 2016 @09:22PM
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> the PDF comes up as the second link
Sure, if you search for its title. But if you search for text within it, you'll find it doesn't come up at all.
> I trust the ACM's "goodwill" [...]
Sure. My suggestion is that Paul Graham trusts his own goodwill more than the ACM's and that that's one reason why he's put a copy on his website.
Paul Graham's copy is plain HTML, sitting on the open web where anyone can see it and index it, and while for the rest of us its availability is dependent on PG's continued goodwill presumably he likes being able to rely on it staying there as long as he wants unless he's explicitly forced to take it down somehow.