I’d like to know how did he get such deep knowledge of the foundations of computing and how he developed the talent for explaining complex topics in a simple way.
This will be a core part of what we'll be talking about. I continue to be amazed by people who can explain complex topics simply and Charles is near the top of my list of people who can do this well. Feynmann and Dave Cutler (if you can, find a copy of his NT kernel spec doc) are on that list too.
I’d like to know how did he get such deep knowledge of the foundations of computing and how he developed the talent for explaining complex topics in a simple way.