WTF... is it true that Donald Knuth invented crosswords??

[gopunk]

wtf... this guy is everywhere... mad props

 

[Zugzwang152]

Originally posted by: gopunk
wtf... this guy is everywhere... mad props

linkies?

 

[gopunk]

http://www.cs.ou.edu/about_us/knuth.shtml

 

[johneetrash]

crosswords rule, thanks donald knuth! wesley.

 

[manly]

He's God, but for some reason I thought crossword puzzles are older than he is. I wish I had the math cojones to read TAOCP.

 

[kranky]

The first known published crossword puzzle was created by a journalist named Arthur Wynne from Liverpool, and he is usually credited as the inventor of the popular word game. December 21, 1913 was the date and it appeared in a Sunday newspaper, the New York World.