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Re:Donald Knuth was framed (2020) by macintux on Sunday May 08, 2022 @05:07AM (#31302422)
> It seems to me that both McIlroy’s original critique and this blog post miss the point by a mile. It’s completely meaningless to compare the relative merits of the two solutions, because Knuth’s ultimate goal isn’t to produce a solution.

I don’t follow: aren’t you effectively restating the blog post’s argument? How did the blog post miss the point?

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Re:Donald Knuth was framed (2020) by yen223 on Sunday May 08, 2022 @09:25AM (#31303767)
Perhaps by misrepresenting the blog post's argument, the comment is reinforcing the blog post's point about the importance of reading primary sources.
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