Re: Excellent Interview

Agreed. I saw this come across Reddit last week and was very engaged by it. Thanks for giving me an excuse to read it again. 

Jared

Ken Perry wrote:

Very nice Chris.
Ken

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*From:* programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Chris Hofstader 
*Sent:* Monday, April 28, 2008 4:24 AM
*To:* programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* Excellent Interview

Hi,
At: http://www.informit.com/articles/printerfriendly.aspx?p=1193856, you will find a somewhat lengthy interview with Donald Knuth.
For those too young or clueless to know who this incredible contributor to computer science and algorithmics is and the contributions he has made:
· Shortly after rms “invented” free open source software, Knuth release TeX under GPL 1.x which later grew into LaTeX, a system still widely used by blind and other people looking to express mathematical and other interesting expressions in an unambiguous manner. Along with emacs, this represents one of the very pioneering steps in free software.
· Knuth has published many of the most important books and articles in the history of computer science. He has invented many of the most important algorithms as well as incorporating the works of many others into his nearly canonical volumes on computer science.
· Knuth is a terrific professor at Stanford University and is one of the most accessible individuals in the field. 

Enjoy,

cdh



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