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I wonder if that anecdote exists s/Knuth/Asimov/. TAOCP is in my opinion like the Bible. If you've "read" it, you probably didn't study the begats* and skimmed
by perl4ever 6y ago
I wonder if that anecdote exists s/Knuth/Asimov/.
TAOCP is in my opinion like the Bible. If you've "read" it, you probably didn't study the begats* and skimmed it out of order quite a bit.
* e.g. the fold-out charts in the tape sorting section
- wglb 6y agoI have two editions of TAoCP. One is from the first publication way back when. The latest has the third revision of Volume 1-3. It has the foldout. However, this is not in the modern editions, as apparently even the mainframe folks don't sort on tape any more. (I am keeping the old set for nostalgia, and read/reference the newer volumes.)