[texhax] Another interview with Donald Knuth

[Micha Hofri]

At 14:13 on 06/24/08 William Adams sent:

: On Jun 24, 2008, at 10:08 AM, Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote:
: 
: > This new article just appeared; the PDF file may be accessible
: > to some readers via the Web address in the DOI (Digital Object
: > Identifier):
: >
: > @String{j-CACM                  = "Communications of the ACM"}
: >
: > @Article{Shustek:2008:IAB,
: >  author =       "Len Shustek",
: >  title =        "Interview: The 'art' of being {Donald Knuth}",
: >  journal =      j-CACM,
: >  volume =       "51",
: >  number =       "7",
: >  pages =        "35--39",
: >  month =        jul,
: >  year =         "2008",
: >  CODEN =        "CACMA2",
: >  DOI =          "http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1364782.1364794",
: >  ISSN =         "0001-0782",
: >  bibdate =      "Tue Jun 24 07:46:54 MDT 2008",
: >  bibsource =    "http://www.acm.org/pubs/contents/journals/cacm/",
: >  abstract =     "In this first of a two-part talk, the renowned  
: > scholar
: >                 and computer scientist reflects on the influences that
: >                 set the course for his extraordinary career.",
: >  acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
: > }
: >
: > This first part is about his early academic life; the second
: > part to appear in the August issue will address his work on
: > typesetting.
: 
: 
: ::sigh::
: 
: What does it say that on the next-to-the-last page of the on-line  
: version of the article, a character in a very simple equation is  
: rendered using a TrueType .notdef square? To add insult to injury they  
: repeat the equation w/ the same .notdef char.
: 
: William
: 
: 

It may say many things, but surely it says that nobody competent looks at 
the galleys... Considering the specifics of the context this is wonderful.

--Micha Hofri