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Re:Don Knuth letter about libraries increasingly unable to a... by aryonoco on Monday March 18, 2024 @06:18AM (#39742123)
I once emailed Dijkstra. I was 14, it was the mid 90s, and I had just connected to the real internet a few months ago. I had just come across his name as a prominent computer scientist. I wanted to be one just like him, so I asked him what I should do.

He replied. it was 3 full paragraphs. He told me to study algorithms and to learn python.

You're right. I absolutely should frame it.

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