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There is no substantive content about any of Knuth's books in this article. I don't believe the author has read any of the books - most people commenting on Knu
by menloparkbum 18y ago
There is no substantive content about any of Knuth's books in this article. I don't believe the author has read any of the books - most people commenting on Knuth haven't. The piece is just incoherent rambling about how math is hard - NOT something that should be voted to #1 on the front page of anywhere, especially HN.yc.
The following excerpt sums it up:
"...I am an average man, with an average IQ. I could have have failed the Mathematics exam of 10th class in 1996. I was very poor at Mathematics and I was expecting only 22 or 34 marks out of 100 and anything less than 33 means you have failed the exam but I purchased 2 very heavy-books of Mathematics, which our teacher called best references books for 10th class and studied them at the cost of my health for 2 months and then I got 83 marks but those health problems, the pain in the neck are still with me after 12 years ) . Since I was weak in Mathematics may be thats why I don’t like Knuth’s style ..."
- donw 18y agoThat's what I thought after reading the first paragraph. If anything, I find Knuth's books to among the most approachable, partially because he has a good sense of humor, but mostly because Knuth writes in a very conversational style.
- radu_floricica 18y agoNow what I _really_ want is a way to identify all the people who voted this story and substract their votes from all future posts. Can I? Please?