Current draft of The Art of Computer Programming pre-fascicle 6a [ps]

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Post by taeric » Fri, Jul 03, 2015, 1:26 PM UTC

Current draft of The Art of Computer Programming pre-fascicle 6a [ps]
www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu

Re: Current draft of The Art of Computer Programming pre-fascicle 6a [ps]

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Post by nmrm » Fri, Jul 03, 2015, 1:58 PM UTC

There's some speculation about where the next breakthroughs will come from at the end of the chapter; it will be interesting to look back in 10-20 years and see if Knuth was correct.

Re: Current draft of The Art of Computer Programming pre-fascicle 6a [ps]

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Post by lallysingh » Fri, Jul 03, 2015, 1:59 PM UTC

ps.gz? It's 2015!

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Post by spewbot » Fri, Jul 03, 2015, 1:59 PM UTC

524 exercises

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Post by informatimago » Fri, Jul 03, 2015, 2:03 PM UTC

lallysingh wrote: post #3

ps.gz? It's 2015!

So what?

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Post by a3n » Fri, Jul 03, 2015, 2:06 PM UTC

If you don't want to DL the .gz just yet, and just want to read about it, see here: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/news.html

Side note: I've always thought Knuth looks delightfully like a resident of Whoville. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/45/16/e3/4516e3256...

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 03, 2015, 2:06 PM UTC

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Post by piqufoh » Fri, Jul 03, 2015, 2:10 PM UTC

lallysingh wrote: post #3

ps.gz? It's 2015!

When you design and write your own typesetting system in order to publish seven volumes on "The Art of Computer Programming", you get to choose whatever format you want.

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Post by bokmann1969 » Fri, Jul 03, 2015, 2:11 PM UTC

lallysingh wrote: post #3

ps.gz? It's 2015!

You don't know much about Knuth, do you?

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Post by bkcooper » Fri, Jul 03, 2015, 2:16 PM UTC

Chapter 7 will eventually fill at least four volumes . . . assuming that I'm able to remain healthy.

Apparently TAOCP has a lot in common with the Wheel of Time.

I have a ton of respect for these huge, decades-long, life-defining projects and the people who undertake them (Robert Caro's LBJ biography is another example.) So the end of this project always receding further into the distance makes me wistful, even if the quality of what gets put out is still excellent.