I agree about both. What I liked about Coders at Work are some of the questions he asked the folks. 1) Do you like/program in C++ 2) Have you read TAoCP? Knut

I agree about both. What I liked about Coders at Work are some of the questions he asked the folks. 1) Do you like/program in C++ 2) Have you read TAoCP? Knuth (interviewed last) claimed that he hadn't really read it. And only one person interviewed did. Oh, also, there seemed to be a general disdain for IDEs.