Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-4A Boxed Set

Re:Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-4A Boxed Set by vdoma on Friday August 27, 2010 @05:08PM (#1640283)

Well, they're difficult books to read to begin with. Knuth himself would be surprised if someone has read and understood them all. At the same time, I find they're hyped up a bit (like SICP). There are plenty of other really good algorithms books IMHO.

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Re:Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-4A Boxed Set by sp332 on Friday August 27, 2010 @05:35PM (#1640358)

http://folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Close_Encounters_of_t...

(Knuth denies this ever happened.)

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Re:Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-4A Boxed Set by gjm11 on Friday August 27, 2010 @05:43PM (#1640376)

At http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1266502 someone cites a particular occasion on which Knuth supposedly denied the story. As I remarked then, "full of shit" seems quite an unknuth expression.

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