Comment on Knuth's 'Earthshaking Announcement' due tomorrowComments−ja2716yHe's quitting Stanford to work for Facebook|Google|Twitter.−kloncks16yHow will this be earth-shattering?Not trying to be a dick, just wondering if you have a point if you're not kidding.−ja2716yMostly joking, but it could be possible.I just can't think of anything besides P=NP (or proving P!=NP) that Knuth is likely to announce that I'd consider earth-shattering.In the end, it's likely to be a decent but not earth-shattering discovery. It better not be a TeX announcement.If he walks out, says "42" and leaves, I'm selling my copies of "The Art of Computer Programming".−jey16yDude, it's Knuth.OTOH, maybe Twitter will continue their overengineering by porting everything to MMIX.−pyre16yTeX <-> JSON <-> JavaScript translator?
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He's quitting Stanford to work for Facebook|Google|Twitter.
How will this be earth-shattering?
Not trying to be a dick, just wondering if you have a point if you're not kidding.
Mostly joking, but it could be possible.
I just can't think of anything besides P=NP (or proving P!=NP) that Knuth is likely to announce that I'd consider earth-shattering.
In the end, it's likely to be a decent but not earth-shattering discovery. It better not be a TeX announcement.
If he walks out, says "42" and leaves, I'm selling my copies of "The Art of Computer Programming".
Dude, it's Knuth.
OTOH, maybe Twitter will continue their overengineering by porting everything to MMIX.
TeX <-> JSON <-> JavaScript translator?