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> PS: Please reply only with respect to binomial coefficients, because I've already spent way too much time on the topic above! The topic is timely, and important enough not to ignore completely, but it's emphatically not for me.

Has anyone ever received an email with this type of admonition? Certainly coming from a famous/busy person such as Knuth, it is efficiency-enhancing and would not be seen as rude. But if a mere mortal like me did it, I feel like it would strike some people as impolite (basically, I don't care what you think about any of this other stuff, so don't bother writing me about it).



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