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Re:Why numbering should start at zero (1982) by mayoff on Thursday August 16, 2018 @12:03PM (#17775808)
As usual, let me point out that Dijkstra's handwriting is a treat if you haven't seen it before. Here's the handwritten version of this note:

https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD/ewd08xx/EWD831.PDF

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Re:Why numbering should start at zero (1982) by Scoping_dindus on Thursday August 16, 2018 @01:08PM (#17776499)
Is that his real handwriting??? That's not a fancy font?

Wow, it really IS a treat. I've always heard people say how much a person's handwriting can tell you about that person. Mine is a mangled mess, and I'm pretty disorganized in most areas of my life.

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Re:Why numbering should start at zero (1982) by rhplus on Thursday August 16, 2018 @01:16PM (#17776592)
It's real, but if you'd like to emulate it, there's a TTF font floating around out there:

http://lucacardelli.name/indexartifacts.html (go to Artifacts > Fonts tab).

Or, https://www.google.com/search?q=dijkstra+ttf+font

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