Comment on Apparently, Mark Zuckerberg Still Writes CodeparentComments−baddox16yHe reportedly claimed to have read Knuth's The Art of Computer Programming, which would certainly require some serious CS and mathematics chops to comprehend.−philwelch16y"It's a pleasure to meet you, Professor Knuth," Steve said. "I've read all of your books.""You're full of shit," Knuth responded.http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Close_Encounters_of_t...−culled16yThere's a Google talk that Randall Munroe did. Knuth was there and Munroe asked him about that story, Knuth seemed to deny it.−gjm1116y"Full of shit" seems a very un-Knuth-y expression.[edited to add: I should of course just have called it "unknuth", but my pun-sense wasn't quick enough on the mark.]
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He reportedly claimed to have read Knuth's The Art of Computer Programming, which would certainly require some serious CS and mathematics chops to comprehend.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Professor Knuth," Steve said. "I've read all of your books."
"You're full of shit," Knuth responded.
http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Close_Encounters_of_t...
There's a Google talk that Randall Munroe did. Knuth was there and Munroe asked him about that story, Knuth seemed to deny it.
"Full of shit" seems a very un-Knuth-y expression.
[edited to add: I should of course just have called it "unknuth", but my pun-sense wasn't quick enough on the mark.]