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Re:Hey programmers, we need to talk (2013) by auggierose on Sunday June 18, 2017 @07:02AM (#14580109)
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.
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Re:Hey programmers, we need to talk (2013) by mcv on Monday June 19, 2017 @07:40AM (#14586131)
Making it another case that proves the point of this article.
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Re:Hey programmers, we need to talk (2013) by auggierose on Monday June 19, 2017 @10:02AM (#14587011)
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 :-)

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