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Not unsurprisingly, articles like this say more about the author than about Knuth.

Knuth is not for everybody. No question about that. But for people who are interested in the area he covers, there is no one better.



"Not unsurprisingly"? That hurts my head.


Yeah, one negative too many, huh? Well, I guess you can save the extra one for next time.


You shouldn't use no triple negatives neither.


Come on, most of us have had some form of logic class. It shouldn't be that hard. !(!p) = p.


Natural language != logic.


There's a fat chance you'll ever have a slim chance of applying that universally to natural language.


There's not a slim chance you'll never have a fat chance of unapplying that locally to unnatural language.


I understand. You are not in a humorous mood.


some like water, some like wine. to each his own.




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