For Donald Knuth, good coding is synonymous with beautiful expression

Re:For Donald Knuth, good coding is synonymous with beautifu... by Der_Einzige on Thursday April 16, 2020 @01:57PM (#22891861)

Are you all claiming that people with one-hit wonders aren't succesful? Like yeah, Baauer isn't especially talented but he's going to be remembered forever for "Harlem Shake"

Same with Sir mix-a-lot and baby got back.

They have some pretty low minimums.

If you make one great work - you can coast on that forever.

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Re:For Donald Knuth, good coding is synonymous with beautifu... by tiborsaas on Friday April 17, 2020 @03:03AM (#22896860)

One hit wonders are statistical flukes. They seem to achieve something by being at the right place at the right time and delivering an amazing performance.

I remember Harlem shake is a thing but can't remember who Baauer is. I know about Sir Mix-a-lot, but couldn't recall any of his tune.

I think you need more than great work to get me remembered forever.

The Beatles certainly achieved that, in year 3000 some people will probably talk about them. I'm not so sure about Vanilla Ice.

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