Comment by rjbwork 3 years ago Gotta love HN. The man himself shows up to explain. 10 comments rjbwork Reply thiht 3 years ago Imagine being on a math forum discussing Fermat’s theorem and the guy shows up.This is such a cool aspect of CS being a young field: influent people are still alive! cbolton 3 years ago It happens in math too! for example: https://mathoverflow.net/questions/81960/the-dzhanibekov-eff... Beltalowda 3 years ago Andrew Wiles showing up would probably be the next best thing. sillysaurusx 3 years ago Russ also showed up. https://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/regexp4.html Just discovered it. arkadiytehgraet 3 years ago Fermat would probably get banned for too much trolling around the proof of his last theorem... tristanbvk 3 years ago Can I show up for the future? eddsh1994 3 years ago For those like me who didn't know, GP designed Nagle's Algorithm in 1984 working at Ford Aerospace. bsaul 3 years ago i thought you mistyped your comment and wanted to reply to rsc ... then i clicked on animats profile. Yeah HN is becoming a treasure trove for CS. matheusmoreira 3 years ago Yeah, it's pretty cool. I'm gonna start saving these moments every time they happen. Last time I witnessed something like this was:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24455758
thiht 3 years ago Imagine being on a math forum discussing Fermat’s theorem and the guy shows up.This is such a cool aspect of CS being a young field: influent people are still alive! cbolton 3 years ago It happens in math too! for example: https://mathoverflow.net/questions/81960/the-dzhanibekov-eff... Beltalowda 3 years ago Andrew Wiles showing up would probably be the next best thing. sillysaurusx 3 years ago Russ also showed up. https://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/regexp4.html Just discovered it. arkadiytehgraet 3 years ago Fermat would probably get banned for too much trolling around the proof of his last theorem... tristanbvk 3 years ago Can I show up for the future?
cbolton 3 years ago It happens in math too! for example: https://mathoverflow.net/questions/81960/the-dzhanibekov-eff...
Beltalowda 3 years ago Andrew Wiles showing up would probably be the next best thing. sillysaurusx 3 years ago Russ also showed up. https://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/regexp4.html Just discovered it.
sillysaurusx 3 years ago Russ also showed up. https://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/regexp4.html Just discovered it.
arkadiytehgraet 3 years ago Fermat would probably get banned for too much trolling around the proof of his last theorem...
eddsh1994 3 years ago For those like me who didn't know, GP designed Nagle's Algorithm in 1984 working at Ford Aerospace.
bsaul 3 years ago i thought you mistyped your comment and wanted to reply to rsc ... then i clicked on animats profile. Yeah HN is becoming a treasure trove for CS.
matheusmoreira 3 years ago Yeah, it's pretty cool. I'm gonna start saving these moments every time they happen. Last time I witnessed something like this was:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24455758
Imagine being on a math forum discussing Fermat’s theorem and the guy shows up.
This is such a cool aspect of CS being a young field: influent people are still alive!
It happens in math too! for example: https://mathoverflow.net/questions/81960/the-dzhanibekov-eff...
Andrew Wiles showing up would probably be the next best thing.
Russ also showed up. https://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/regexp4.html Just discovered it.
Fermat would probably get banned for too much trolling around the proof of his last theorem...
Can I show up for the future?
For those like me who didn't know, GP designed Nagle's Algorithm in 1984 working at Ford Aerospace.
i thought you mistyped your comment and wanted to reply to rsc ... then i clicked on animats profile. Yeah HN is becoming a treasure trove for CS.
Yeah, it's pretty cool. I'm gonna start saving these moments every time they happen. Last time I witnessed something like this was:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24455758