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It would really help if you could list some specific ways that the theory of computation has changed since the writing of TAOCP, and some evidence for why you t
by jessedhillon 11y ago
It would really help if you could list some specific ways that the theory of computation has changed since the writing of TAOCP, and some evidence for why you think that theoretical CS is changing faster than can be documented.
- davidw 11y agoTAOCP has not been written, several volumes of it have. It remains to be seen whether Knuth will even be able to finish what he set out to do, let alone include new things. > faster than can be documented. By one person, I wrote. Here's one that I think is interesting, difficult and evolving: distributed systems. This shows interesting work happening with version vectors, for instance, over the past 15 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Version_vector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Version_vector
- marvy 11y agoNo need to worry about that one. Looking at Wikipedia's list of volume's, looks like distributed systems are not being covered. But I agree with you anyway. Let's quote the man himself (taken from his website): "As I continue to write Volumes 4 and 5, I'll need to refer to topics that belong logically in Volumes 1--3 but weren't invented yet when I wrote those books". He plans to complete Volume 5 by 2025. Tune in ten years from now to see how it goes.
- laichzeit0 11y agoKnuth is currently 78 years old. It would be interesting to see if he lives to 88, never mind still have the intellectual and or physical capacity to complete such a work. I wish him the best of lucky and sincerely hope he pulls it off.