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Just picked up a near pristine vol.1 first edition in a uni library selloff. Wonder how they got a copy so unread after all these years.
but hey maybe impressive no damage from being lugged around between check outs :)
Can someone honestly tell me if they have actually read these books AND found them useful ON TGE JOB? What do you guys do for work? I tried reading part 1?? Like ten years ago and it was pretty much assembly language or something I believe. And gave up since it wasnt something that I needed in academia back then and there were far better ways to learn DSA
TAOCP is not job training now, if it ever was; that is trying to get the cart to pull the horse. The point of a job, unless you're lucky enough to get a job where you can change the world, is to pay your living expenses so that you have the leisure to do things like read TAOCP and write Sudoku solvers. If that's not your idea of an enjoyable vacation, don't read it; you'll regret it.
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Yes, actually, you are correct! Hilarious in the sense that I am amused; it makes me laugh; it brings me joy. Intriguing in that makes me want to read them. The years-long effort reminds me of Robert Caro’s series on Lyndon B. Johnson. It’s as if he’s been blogging for decades, but in book form. Tantalizing.
Knuth got annoyed at the state of mathematical publishing decades ago, and in a fit not seen since (maybe Linus and git counts) stopped what he was doing, learned enough about typesetting to become a domain expert, wrote TeX, and then resumed what he was doing. So when he uses typesetting/printing terms, he's using them correctly.
Is there any hope that somebody will continue the work?
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Never heard of him, is he another great computer scientist? I'd love it if someone like Chris Wellons or Per Bothner could work on them, but filling Knuth's shoes may be a big task for one man.
No, he's a fantasy author who finished the last few volumes of a popular epic fantasy series after its original author died.
Can someone write a volume 0 or volume -1 or some guide so noobs like me who want to enter this treasure chest can do so. I got lost just trying to start this so it might be over my head. I know Python, rusty on Java and cpp never touched assembly.
I don't want Knuth to Robert Jordan/George RR Martin himself so I'm waiting for vol 5 to complete before purchasing the set
Imagine if we got an HBO adaptation of TAOCP.
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Yes, actually, you are correct! Hilarious in the sense that I am amused; it makes me laugh; it brings me joy. Intriguing in that makes me want to read them. The years-long effort reminds me of Robert Caro’s series on Lyndon B. Johnson. It’s as if he’s been blogging for decades, but in book form. Tantalizing.
Knuth got annoyed at the state of mathematical publishing decades ago, and in a fit not seen since (maybe Linus and git counts) stopped what he was doing, learned enough about typesetting to become a domain expert, wrote TeX, and then resumed what he was doing. So when he uses typesetting/printing terms, he's using them correctly.
Very cool. I own the originals and the 4th but sadly I have to admit that even though I am a reasonably accomplished developer with a couple of CS degrees I have a hard time understanding this work and have not yet really read it. I feel like I am publicly admitting failure just posting this. I still have time to make sure these are not just bookshelf decorations though.