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Donald Knuth's First Computer

• michael_dorfman 17y ago
  The latest volume in Knuth's "Selected Papers" series, "Selected Papers on Design of Algorithms" is due out any day now. (According to Amazon, it was supposed to be released on the 15th, but my pre-ordered copy still hasn't shipped...)
  • pkrumins 17y ago
    Yep, I am also waiting. I got the Selected Papers on Analysis of Algorithms, Discrete Math, Computer Science and now waiting for this.
    • michael_dorfman 17y ago
      Are you planning on posting notes for the Papers, or are you going to do the "Musings" videos first?
      • pkrumins 17y ago
        I am going to intermix Musings and Papers. Some weeks will post Musings videos, some weeks notes of Papers. The next Knuth related post will be Musings.
• seiha 17y ago
  He looks so old for 20.
  • ulf 17y ago
    Probably because he was wise beyond his years...
  • Retric 17y ago
    I think that's from his style, not his physical looks.
• ShabbyDoo 17y ago
  I went to Case and was a border (renter, not member) one summer in his former fraternity's house (Theta Chi). Kind of cool to see the composite photos from the late 50's which included him.
  • blackguardx 17y ago
    Wow, I didn't know he was in Theta Chi. When I was going to Case, that place was straight out of Revenge of the Nerds.
  • stevejohnson 17y ago
    Believe it or not, the CWRU library didn't even own all the volumes of AoCP until I put in a request for them.