[OT] Knuth's rewards [Was: Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme]

[Paul Rubin]

nholtz at docuweb.ca (Neal Holtz) writes:
> I don't think it doubles at every error, but at every version.
> So if he pays $2.56 for errors in version 3.141, he pays $5.12
> for errors in version 3.1415 (for example).  So he gets to control
> how fast he is pauperized.

He stopped the increases at 327.68, a number of years ago.  There have
been a few releases since then with no doubling.