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Knuth reward check
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jacquesm
· 2026-10-10 Sat 16:49 UTC ·
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Interesting how no other writers in the field seem to have adopted Knuths' strategy to get their books proofread to the point of being bullet proof.
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chompychop
· 2026-10-10 Sat 18:15 UTC ·
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No other writers have the stature of Knuth. The motivation to proof-read here is not the monetary reward after all.
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WillAdams
· 2026-10-11 Sun 01:59 UTC ·
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Few other authors works have the legs to be reprinted sufficiently.
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bsoles
· 2026-10-11 Sun 02:35 UTC ·
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Bjarne Stroustrup did, at some point at least. I have a $32 real check from him for finding an error in "The C++ Programming Language (Special Edition)".