On 10/22/2012 12:22 PM, Roberts, John J wrote:
I am waiting for computer historians to recognize that my
library of Donald Knuth books is in the same class as the
Dead Sea Scrolls, Magna Charta, etc.  ;-) Maybe I'll get
rich.

You won't get too many takers for a Magna "Charta"

Actually, speaking of Professor Knuth, I use his name as an
interview question.  Any Candidate that doesn't immediately
recognize the name doesn't get my recommendation.

That seems harsh, especially when one of you uses the Germanic pronunciation (spoken K, but silent h), and the other an Anglicized one.



Gerhard Postpischil
Bradford, VT

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