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A comment on Ask HN: Is Knuth's TAOCP worth the time and effort? (2023). Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Is Knuth's TAOCP worth the time and effort? (2023) by philomath_mn on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @10:00AM (#38446432)
Don't feel too bad -- I strongly believe that 99.99% of the copies of TAOCP are never read beyond the first chapter.

I'd love to own them and be the kind of person to read them, but I know I would also struggle to give them the proper attention (not with the hundred other books to read on my shelf).

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Re:Ask HN: Is Knuth's TAOCP worth the time and effort? (2023) by mattpallissard on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @11:42PM (#38469741)
TAOCP is best referred to, not read in it's entirety.
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