Submission + - Knuth Plans 'Earthshaking Announcement' - A JOKE?
puterguy writes: More than 12 hours after the scheduled 5:30PM PDT "Knuth Plans 'Earthshaking Announcement'" the ground remains still here with no evidence of even a passing tremor. Several tweeters claim that it was all a joke. In particular, one reported attendee tweets, "TUG2010 Don Knuth's "Earthshaking Announcement": TeX has new successor. Fix mistakes of tex78. New will use XML, arbitrary prec, autolayout" followed by "Yes, that was the real announcement. No, he's not serious."
So, was it all just a joke? Given the several months of anticipation (the pre-announcement dates back at least to April), is the joke even funny or worth the wait? Is there some hidden truth or significance behind it all? Inquiring minds...
So, was it all just a joke? Given the several months of anticipation (the pre-announcement dates back at least to April), is the joke even funny or worth the wait? Is there some hidden truth or significance behind it all? Inquiring minds...
