Interview with Donald Knuth (2008)

Re:Interview with Donald Knuth (2008) by chjj on Saturday March 22, 2014 @12:10AM (#7447490)

I saw this a while ago and always thought it was interesting: I initially thought Knuth was an Apple fan after watching a few of his lectures, but apparently he uses his Macbook only for trivial everyday tasks.

For every WM enthusiast here:

Screenshot of Knuth's setup: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/screen.jpeg

Knuth's fvwm2 config: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/programs/.fvwm2rc

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Re:Interview with Donald Knuth (2008) by myg204 on Saturday March 22, 2014 @01:15AM (#7447783)

Even his comments on that wm config file are a great read...inspiring to see such thoughtfulness on all levels.

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Re:Interview with Donald Knuth (2008) by quesebifurcan on Saturday March 22, 2014 @08:17AM (#7448753)

I agree. This Knuth gem is also well worth a read: http://www.literateprogramming.com/adventure.pdf.

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