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Re:Ask HN: Have you read "The Art of Computer Programming"? by program on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @10:12AM (#8004578)
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Professor Knuth, I've read all of your books." (Steve Jobs)

"You're full of shit," (Don Knuth) [1]

I think that no one in the world, except Knuth, has read the entire TAOCP (joke.)

[1] http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Close_Encounters_...

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Re:Ask HN: Have you read "The Art of Computer Programming"? by wglb on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @01:08PM (#8005521)
I think this was first generated by someone who knew neither person.

In Coders at Work, Bernie Cosell notes that he (and apparently colleagues) read TaoCP cover to cover.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you read "The Art of Computer Programming"? by yashness on Tuesday July 08, 2014 @12:54PM (#8005449)
You may like to watch this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmbGs290qeM

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