Yes, Knuth has done an incredible number of things and his CV reflects that. For mere mortals, a CV that long looks kind of kooky and you can bet a recruiter is

Yes, Knuth has done an incredible number of things and his CV reflects that. For mere mortals, a CV that long looks kind of kooky and you can bet a recruiter is not going to print more than the first few pages. However, I expect you are right about academia and these are acceptable, although I'd still put a summary of my best work on the first page. BTW, an effective CV for Knuth would surely be: Donald Knuth and I'm not sure it needs the Donald.