Re:Programming from the Ground Up
by vanderZwan on Friday February 08, 2013 @08:21AM
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How dare he thank the community that supported him in time of need and where he feels welcome and at home!
Snark aside, some of the most amazing thinkers humanity ever produced were pretty damn insane (Newton, for example, was quite bonkers). As Geoffrey B. West said: cities last while companies die in the long run, because cities tolerate crazy people and companies don't. I highly doubt you risk going insane because the author of a book on programming is an openly devout Christian. AFAIK, Knuth's works weren't considered brain damaging either.
Take a moment and ask yourself why you felt this was necessary.
You are 1) missing out on a potentially useful resource and 2) exposing yourself as close-minded in response to a stranger's mention of his beliefs.
yeah - just like that Knuth guy - total waste...
I prefer people who are accepting of other's perceived faults. Take you, for example. You are obviously a bigoted asshole, but that doesn't mean that you might not have some decent programming skills or that we don't have anything in common.
Thanks but no thanks. I prefer sanity.