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Comment by macintux

1 year ago

For anyone who hasn’t stumbled upon it, this is an amazing read.

Donald Knuth - The Patron Saint of Yak Shaves

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15733381

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macintux

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Beldin  1 year ago

From the "TeX -yak shaves":

> The Moral of the Story Whenever you feel like “can’t we just replace this whole thing, it can’t be so hard” when handling TeX, don’t forget...

To bring a razor.

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