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That Knuth quote appears on pg. 4 of my 1969 copy of TAOCP Vol. 2. That's 46 years ago. And yet we still make these fundamental mistakes. Fortunately, when I w
by PhantomGremlin 11y ago
That Knuth quote appears on pg. 4 of my 1969 copy of TAOCP Vol. 2. That's 46 years ago. And yet we still make these fundamental mistakes.
Fortunately, when I went to college, my first CS prof loved TAOCP, and those were probably the first three CS texts I ever owned.
- smackfu 11y agoI wonder if the increased length and cost has made it increasingly irrelevant. It's $175 to get a copy now.
- jeremysmyth 11y agoInaccessible rather than irrelevant. I have yet to meet an intermediate to advanced programmer who would not be improved by at least trying to get through parts of TAoCP. Sadly, I have also yet to meet more than a handful who have.