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Re:Don Knuth letter about libraries increasingly unable to a... by tombert on Monday March 18, 2024 @10:25AM (#39745004)
Extremely envious of this! I don't own a copy of Art of Computer Programming, so I did spend a not-insignificant amount of reading through some of Knuth's other writings trying to find mistakes that no one else has found, and I came up empty handed. There might be mistakes ripe for the picking in there, but I'm afraid I'm not quite smart enough to find them.

Still, a guy can dream. If I ever pick up Art of Computer Programming I might give it a go again.

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Re:Don Knuth letter about libraries increasingly unable to a... by WillAdams on Monday March 18, 2024 @11:21AM (#39745771)
I was fortunate that Knuth wrote a book on a topic which I have studied deeply, _Digital Typography_:

https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/dt.html

My correction is for pg. 33, and there was a minor point of improvement which I can't find.

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Re:Don Knuth letter about libraries increasingly unable to a... by tombert on Monday March 18, 2024 @11:32AM (#39745914)
Very cool!

He just needs to write a book on obscure cartoon history, and I'll be shoe-in. Until then I think I will just have to deal with living in envy.

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Re:Don Knuth letter about libraries increasingly unable to a... by WillAdams on Monday March 18, 2024 @11:44AM (#39746075)
You are aware that his first publication was in _Mad Magazine_?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potrzebie

(scroll down to "System of Measurement")

or see:

https://webmadness.net/blog/?post=knuth

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Re:Don Knuth letter about libraries increasingly unable to a... by tombert on Monday March 18, 2024 @12:09PM (#39746357)
I was not aware of that. That's a fun fact that I did not expect to learn today.
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