>to my mind, that's who carl pomerance is? do you have some other salient factor in mind?
Not the parent poster, but I interpreted what they said as "the gravity of the name didn't hit me until I was older".
As a middle-schooler, the paper was written by some random dude named Carl. That's it. He did some things with a sieve and an algorithm, neat.
Then, later in life, with more experience and context, they gained an understanding and appreciation for the name and what the name implied. As well as how much impact the work had.
Not the parent poster, but I interpreted what they said as "the gravity of the name didn't hit me until I was older".
As a middle-schooler, the paper was written by some random dude named Carl. That's it. He did some things with a sieve and an algorithm, neat.
Then, later in life, with more experience and context, they gained an understanding and appreciation for the name and what the name implied. As well as how much impact the work had.
At least that is how I read the comment.