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1968: Volume One of Knuth's TAOCP: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/brochure.pdf http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/brochure.pdf Planned to run
by Isamu 9y ago
1968: Volume One of Knuth's TAOCP: http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/brochure.pdf http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/brochure.pdf
Planned to run to 7 volumes at that time, and volume 5 is currently "in preparation".
- antiquark 9y agoGreat find, thanks! Has Knuth ever explained why he took such a long break between volumes 3 and 4?
- Isamu 9y agoHe was dismayed at the declining quality of mathematical typesetting, so he took some time to create his own system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metafont https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metafont
- ajarmst 9y agoI've often referred to TeX as the result of the most awesome case of procrastination in the history of humanity.