Folklore.

[sajith]

NerdTV interviews Andy Hertzfeld:

"Bill (Atkinson) - who was the author of MacPaint - wasn't there. Don Knuth repeated his request to me and I thought, "Boy, that's Don Knuth asking me for a favor, I'd better do as much as I can to fulfill this. So as soon as I got home I called Bill and said, "You've got to have a copy of the MacPaint source lying around somewhere." Nope. He had it on an old Profile hard drive that went up in smoke 10 years ago. I said, "Come on, Bill, it has got to be on a floppy somewhere."

So they recreate MacPaint out of rotten bits.

PS. Okay, first read about it (and experienced this hair rising feeling - that is called fanboyism.) at Aaditya's.

PPS. I think pretty soon I will die of inferiority complex and this feeling of total inadequacy. Three bloody working years and I look at myself everyday to feel disgusted all over again. Talking to certain university students doesn't help at all. OTOH, it leaves you with a completely crushed ego.

PPPS. But do you know what Bill Atkinson is doing these days? ;-)

Speaking of which, do you know where to buy a Hasselblad, and more importantly, how to make all that much cash to buy one?

Kidding, of course.

Comments

[pramode-ce.livejournal.com]

Great reading! Imagine Knuth telling you that he feels `your program is the best which was ever written' !!

[sajith.livejournal.com]

I guess you will be all teary eyed and you'll understand that your mission on Earth is complete and that you're ready to die, for it's the God Himself that has judged you ;)