18 Jan
2025
18 Jan
'25
4:29 a.m.
At 2025-01-17T13:12:23-0500, Douglas McIlroy wrote:
It wasn't a setup. Although Jon's
introduction seems to imply that he
had invited both Don and me to participate, I actually was moved to
write the critique when I proofread the 2-author column, as I did for
many of Jon's Programming Pearls. That led to the 3-author
arrangement. Knuth and I are still friends; he even reprinted the
critique. It is also memorably depicted at
https://comic.browserling.com/tag/douglas-mcilroy.
Can an episode of Epic Rap Battles of History be far behind?
Regards,
Branden