Inventors and heroes

Posted Mar 20, 2022 10:24 UTC (Sun) by ghane (guest, #1805)
In reply to: Inventors and heroes by marcH
Parent article: Toward a better list iterator for the kernel

> I wouldn't say "obvious" but Isaac Newton (one of the very few who was _really_ way ahead of his time) put it best: "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants."

The way I understand it, it was a dig at his arch-rival (in the 1670s), Hooke, who was short (and may have had a twisted back).