My experience mirrored this guy's: I often hear TAOCP described as the series of programming books "that every programmer should read." I think this is simpl

My experience mirrored this guy's: I often hear TAOCP described as the series of programming books "that every programmer should read." I think this is simply untrue ... TAOCP was not written to be read from cover to cover ... It's very dense and academic, and the examples are all in assembly language. (From http://www.billthelizard.com/2008/12/books-programmers-dont-really-read.html http://www.billthelizard.com/2008/12/books-programmers-dont-...)