Use of first person in a book

[Walter Bright]

JMNorris wrote:
> IIRC, K&R did not used "I", "we", or "the authors".  K&R were geniuses
> (even if they indent 8 instead of 4 spaces).  There is a reason they are
> so rarely matched in technical writing:  genius is a rare commodity. 

While K&R's book is genius, I'd be hesitant to say it is because they 
didn't use "I". Feynman uses "I" and "we" a lot in his technical books 
and he's a genius.