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remove the half just bring us back.

Would you rather have Metafont-TeX or vols. 4 and 5....? You only have 1 DEK, so it's a time conservation issue. You have truth in what you say, and he and I know each other because we disagreed on his time. But he smiles. And we get along.

So yes the very good tech rept. on the letter S was important academically. Web was important. The Errors of TeX in SPE is important. Eevry one should own a copy of Selected Papers in Computer Science.

But I think I would prefer vols. 4, 5, 6 ... But I've also heard the criticisms. And you can't fault a man doing what he loves.

His views on open source are interesting. He wants bugs out. Especially his own. But he's amazed at the process of coordinating large numbers of people around the world (paper is easier for him). I watched him converse with John Hennessy about this. He's also in awe of how Linus T. does it.

Good example. You have to boil it down to 10.

No, he won't do that. Naw, he's closer to Bill Gates. He will let you have the basic theory, ideas, and speculation, but he won't give his code which he sees as his sweat equity. I have not seen him in years. I was on the side lines on the whole SMP fiasco.

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