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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Well, it happens to many.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>From my grad school days, I recall an story, perhaps apocryphal,
of two authors who were determined to have a *<b>perfect</b>* paper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>They proofread, proofread, and were delighted when the paper appeared
…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>at which point one was horrified to find he had a typo in a
reference to one of his own papers…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span
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scc_active-bounces@computerhistory.org
[mailto:scc_active-bounces@computerhistory.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Paul
McJones<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 02, 2010 5:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Richard P. Gabriel<br>
<b>Cc:</b> scc_active@computerhistory.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [SPG_Active_Members] Ensmenger's "The Computer Boys
Take Over" MIT Press 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>On 9/2/10 5:08 PM, Richard P.
Gabriel wrote: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>I sent him a note about the typo.
(He could use more friends, I guess.) <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Yes! As the coauthor of a recent
book supposedly carefully proofread by the authors, friends, and staff at
Addison-Wesley, I am both embarrassed by, and grateful for, the 5+ pages of
errata provided by readers of <i>Elements of Programming</i> (<a
href="http://www.elementsofprogramming.com">http://www.elementsofprogramming.com</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
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