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Comment by globular-toast | original | Knuth reward check
[−]globular-toast · 2026-10-11 Sun 06:49 UTC · link
Heh, and I thought I was being pedantic with my reward cheque. In my case I found inconsistent hyphenation in a technical term used in the book. I had wondered how to hyphenate it in my own writing so turned to Knuth to see what he did and was surprised to find it inconsistent even within a single volume of TAOCP! He wrote back with a funny message and a cheque for the back of San Serrif. It's on my wall now.