Sunday, November 3, 2013

Geek: Leslie Lamport has placed all his papers online...

Geek: Leslie Lamport has placed all his papers online.  It's a veritable treasure trove of computer science stuff, dating back to the late '50s.  Leslie Lamport is probably best known for his work on LaTex, but for me he stands out for his research on networking.  I cherished not only the actual content of his papers, but his sense of humor that bubbled out through most of them (example).  I've never met him, but I suspect I'd enjoy such an encounter...

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