tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172085.post4869147433058593088..comments2024-03-28T00:09:51.926-07:00Comments on updated sporadically at best: The most fascinating computer scientist?Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10589732756618196545noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172085.post-5814664356753080262008-12-17T11:01:00.000-08:002008-12-17T11:01:00.000-08:00What I find really fascinating is that before he s...What I find really fascinating is that before he switched he developed a parsing algorithm that surpassed Knuth's.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589732756618196545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29172085.post-5449234852802220882008-12-17T10:06:00.000-08:002008-12-17T10:06:00.000-08:00hmm...weird. but there's gotta be other people wit...hmm...weird. but there's gotta be other people with computer science backgrounds who switched directions pretty radically. Only thing coming to my mind is that noted Iraqi con-man Ahmed Chalabi has a PhD in math from the University of Chicago. But then there's probably lots of interesting folks out there with math degrees.sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10792868872574567258noreply@blogger.com