Knuth Facts [possible satire]
Introduction
Don Knuth (born 1938) is a professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Stanford University, and is the creator of TeX, inventor of several important algorithms and author of The Art of Computer Programming.
These facts explain why he isn’t God, but pretty close.
Why Knuth is Not God
Knuth is not God! It took him two days to build the Roman Empire.
Knuth is not God! God has already released TeX version 4.0.
Knuth is not God! Google is not God! RMS is not God!
God himself said that was the case.
Knuth is not God! Typing “god” into the Google search box and hitting “I’m feeling lucky” won’t lead you to his homepage.
Knuth is not God! Unless you confuse him with Dijkstra.
קנות אינו אלוהים! לקח לו יומיים כדי לבנות את האימפריה הרומית.
קנות אינו אלוהים! אלוהים כבר הוציא לאור את גרסה 4.0 של TeX.
קנות אינו אלוהים! גוגל אינו אלוהים! ריצ'ארד מ. סטולמן אינו אלוהים!
אלוהים עצמו אמר שכך הוא הדבר.
קנות אינו אלוהים! אם תכניסו “אלוהים” בתיבת החיפוש של גוגל ותלחצו על ”אני מרגיש בר-מזל”, לא תגיעו לדף הבית שלו.
קנות אינו אלוהים! אלא אם כן מתבלבלים בינו לבין דייקסטרה.
Copyright and Licence
This document is Copyright by Shlomi Fish, 2002, and is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-by-sa) 3.0 Unported (or at your option any later version).
For securing additional rights, please contact Shlomi Fish and see the explicit requirements that are being spelt from abiding by that licence.
Links
Don Knuth’s Homepage at Stanford University - by the man himself. Contains a lot of weird and zany stuff.
Common Links
These factoids in XML-Grammar-Fortune format - also individually wrapped.
Shlomi Fish’s FAQ - Why are you so obsessed with “facts”/factoids about Chuck Norris/etc.?
“Putting all the Cards on the Table (2013)” (also by me) - mentions what is the second major battle that Chuck Norris lost.
“Putting Cards on the Table (2019-*)” (also by me) - additional update on Chuck Norris and the facts.
See Also
The Human Hacking Field Guide - a story about open source developers (or "hackers").