The Beauty of Programming (2001) (brynmawr.edu)

Come on, the text is pretty easy on the eye, like a neat hand-print; also, this makes the text look less "formal" (indeed, I have noticed that the way I feel about a text sometimes depends on the style or format it is presented in).

How did Linus --or whoever generated that pdf-- think that comic sans was a sane font choice for the article?

This is what I love about programming - it is never boring! If it is boring, you can automate the boring parts, which becomes interesting as a goal.

I forgot Comic Sans existed.

One of the reasons people have become so enamored with computers is that they enable you to experience new worlds you can create, and to learn what’s possible.

Could not have written it better myself.