Colin and the Putnam Competition

["A. Lester Buck III" <tarsnap-reg@compact.com>]

Ok, a little off topic, but...

A recent Paul Graham tweet refers to Colin winning the Putnam in 1999:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lowell_Putnam_Mathematical_Competition


Wow, Colin, that is very impressive!

You know, I am significantly more relaxed now about the internal
correctness of tarsnap.  There is no lack of brainpower on this project.

I am tempted to dig out and post the problems that you worked on that
year.  Without reading the problems, it is probably hard to understand
what an achievement that is.

Keep up the great work.



Best regards,

Lester