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Re: amusing bug
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Steve Izma |
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Re: amusing bug |
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Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:37:22 -0400 |
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On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 12:48:44PM -0400, Mike Bianchi wrote:
> Subject: Re: amusing bug
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> I nominate Brian Kernighan.
He's exactly who I had in mind as well. This list of his lectures
on Computerphile provides for great history lessons:
<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzH6n4zXuckqZ90zLyy36qjO5YIn1RulG>.
For a description of a real antediluvian habit, there's a short
video somewhere (I can't find it now) of him talking about why he
doesn't need the Internet while crossing the Atlantic by ship.
-- Steve
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