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 lifefeed on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @12:58PM (#33083210)

Vol 1 is just an intro to math and his language, you don't really need it, but it's kinda fun.

I read some of Vol 2, Seminumerical Algorithms, to hone my instincts on how random numbers work in practice. I have referred to it on occasion when people say things like, "if we seed the random number generator, take the random number, then feed that into the seed, the result would be more random."

I read most of Vol 3, Sorting and Searching, when applying for jobs. It was more interesting than leetcode grinding. I don't know if it was more useful, but it was better for my sanity.

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Re:Knuth's Art of Computer Programming, V 4B, has gone into ... by disgruntledphd2 on Tuesday October 04, 2022 @01:20PM (#33083552)

I dunno, I found that chapter 2 was incredibly useful, as he covers all the fundamental data structures very very well. Mind you, I actually learned his assembly (MMIX) so maybe it was more useful for me.

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