nemesis wrote:
> Good to know you know Knuth.

Only because of TeX. (And, obviously, that large tome he wrote, who's 
exact name currently escapes me.) I couldn't tell you much else about him.

> That man is a true barroque in spirit.

Apparently...

"Hey, I wanna write a book. Ah, damn it, let me just quickly dash off a 
state-of-the-art digital typesetting system and design a set of 
cutting-edge portable custom typefaces first, and then I'll get right on 
it..."

Like, WTF?

[Actually, that sounds exactly like something *I* would do. Except that 
I'd get about 1% through it, and then be forced to give up. This dude 
actually pulled it off...!]

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