Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into print

Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ... by kragen on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @12:38PM (#33082882)

It may not be a coincidence that one of the author's other books is on Biblical studies: https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/316.html

I didn't realize it had been blurbed by a professor emeritus at a seminary (as well as Martin Gardner).

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Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ... by gjm11 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @07:58PM (#33088954)

My favourite thing about his 3:16 project is the name he gave to the technique (of, effectively, taking a stratified sample of the Bible in order to get an overview of its themes): "the way of the cross section". (If the pun isn't immediately apparent, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stations_of_the_Cross.)

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Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ... by Tomte on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @12:49PM (#33083081)

My take on it: https://www.2uo.de/Books/316-bible-texts-illuminated/

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Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ... by kragen on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @01:04PM (#33083310)

Interesting! A small correction: "innumerate" means "incapable of doing arithmetic"; perhaps you meant "innumerable", which means "incapable of being counted". Also you have "wuthor" for "author", "bible" for "Bible", "donÄt" for "don’t", "WHat" for "What", and "theologician" for "theologian".

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Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ... by GuB-42 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @03:33PM (#33085555)

That's a $15.36 comment

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Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ... by Tomte on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @01:06PM (#33083340)

Thank you!

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Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ... by kragen on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @01:47PM (#33098831)

Hmm, I still see the errors, though.

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Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ... by Tomte on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @01:53PM (#33098906)

Yes, I'm on vacation. I have bookmarked this subthread.

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Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ... by personalidea on Thursday October 06, 2022 @04:58PM (#33114016)

Enjoying Korn und Sprite, I hope.

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Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ... by kragen on Thursday October 06, 2022 @06:48PM (#33115120)

https://youtu.be/gP0HmIV-X0c

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Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ... by personalidea on Friday October 07, 2022 @04:03AM (#33118564)

I was referring to the username. :)

https://youtu.be/A0k6ihFQ1Mc

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Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ... by irrational on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @02:23PM (#33084565)

"redaing" for "reading"

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Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ... by birdyrooster on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @01:34PM (#33083775)

I lolled at theologician

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Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ... by bombcar on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @01:53PM (#33084105)

Theologician sounds like a perfectly cromulent word, we should establish a doctorate in it immediately.

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