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Re:Oded Wins the Knuth Prize by santoshalper on Friday June 23, 2017 @03:46AM (#14617597)
Disliking a system and even publicly arguing against it, while still participating in it, is not hypocrisy, it is pragmatism.

It would be hypocrisy if he started giving out his own award.

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Re:Oded Wins the Knuth Prize by mfukar on Friday June 23, 2017 @04:32AM (#14617762)
Some would even argue that you can't meaningfully criticise a system without experience in it.
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