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Donald Knuth – The Patron Saint of Yak Shaves (2017)
In 2015, I gave a talk in which I called Donald Knuth the Patron Saint of Yak Shaves . The reason is that Donald Knuth achieved the most perfect and long-running yak shave: TeX.
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Life, Learning & WritingSoftware Engineering2022
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2022 | Donald Knuth – The Patron Saint of Yak Shaves (2017) by rdpintqogeogsaa | 431 | 99 |
| Nov 19, 2017 | Donald Knuth – The Patron Saint of Yak Shaves by ingve | 93 | 26 |
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