Richard M. Stallman, Linus Thorvalds [sic], and Donald E. Knuth engage in a discussion on whose impact on the computerized world was the greatest.

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Jokes@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Stallman: “God told me I have programmed the best editor in the world!”

Thorvalds: “Well, God told me that I have programmed the best operating system in the world!”

Knuth: “Wait, wait - I never said that.”

—Erik Meltzer, rec.humor.funny

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