Seems to me that there are multiple histories of computing . One is the history of theoretical computer science which I think is what Knuth is referring to. Thi

Seems to me that there are multiple histories of computing . One is the history of theoretical computer science which I think is what Knuth is referring to. This is actually fairly well preserved in academia and anyone with a CS background should have gone through it. Another is the history of programming, of which we know the origins but off late has become nearly impossible to track. The last is the social history of the internet , which doesn't require a technical background.