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 | | ''"among computerdom's most prized trophies"'' Donald Knuth, in the preface of each of his books, and also on his website, offers to cheerfully pay a reward of $2.56 to the first finder of each error, whether it be technical, typographical, or historical. |
 | | As of October, 2001, Knuth reports having written more than 2,000 such checks, with an average value exceeding $8 per check http://www.ams.org/notices/200203/fea-knuth.pdf. |
 | | The "History of TeX" explains that "Knuth's name is so valued that very few of his checks — even the largest ones — are actually cashed, but instead framed." http://www.tug.org/whatis.html The reward for coding errors found in Knuth's T |
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