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This is one of those book series that I really, really want to purchase as a beautiful, matching, leather-bound set. And, yes, I would read it for pleasure, an

This is one of those book series that I really, really want to purchase as a beautiful, matching, leather-bound set. And, yes, I would read it for pleasure, and I would treasure it.

noyesno 4y ago
Bookbinding is a great hobby. Or you can commission someone to create leather-bound covers for your book?
- bombcar 4y ago
  Yes - you can find book rebinders who can take a paperback book and make a bound book out of it.
voakbasda 4y ago
I was thinking the same thing when I clicked on the comments. I somewhat expect this will be the last volume in the series, so one could now hope to buy a "complete" set. I would love to revisit and explore all of the material using modern programming languages.
- jsmith45 4y ago
  One might hope that he can at least complete 4C such that volume 4 is complete. I am skeptical that volume 5 or later will see the light of day, But I also cannot predict the future.
  - lifthrasiir 4y ago
    This comment made me check the history of the official TAOCP page [1] through the Wayback Machine. Volume 5 was estimated to be ready in 2009 at the very first snapshot (1997), in 2010 by 2003, in 2015 by 2007, in 2020 by 2010, in 2025 by 2015 which is the latest estimate today. At the first glance this looks like an eternal "10 years later", but note that that estimate didn't change since 2015 and the 2025 estimate is now only 3 years away. Does this mean that Knuth does plan to publish anything related to Volume 5 by that time? [1] https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html
helsinkiandrew 4y ago
Each volume is taking longer and longer (4A and 4B and work on 4C have taken over 20 years). Mr Knuth is 84 and if there are 3 more volumes...
- irrational 4y ago
  Maybe Brandon Sanderson can write the last three books.
  - tmtvl 4y ago
    Never heard of him, is he another great computer scientist? I'd love it if someone like Chris Wellons or Per Bothner could work on them, but filling Knuth's shoes may be a big task for one man.
    - thfuran 4y ago
      No, he's a fantasy author who finished the last few volumes of a popular epic fantasy series after its original author died.
      - imaltont 4y ago
        Also convinced he writes in his sleep with the amount of books he releases.
        ars 4y ago
        He got a little bored during COVID and accidentally wrote 5 books: https://youtu.be/6a-k6eaT-jQ https://youtu.be/6a-k6eaT-jQ this led to what I think is the most funded Kickstarter ever: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/surprise-four-secret-novels-by-brandon-sanderson https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/surprise-fo...
        aaroninsf 4y ago
        https://www.theverge.com/c/23194235/ai-fiction-writing-amazon-kindle-sudowrite-jasper https://www.theverge.com/c/23194235/ai-fiction-writing-amazo...
klik99 4y ago
Same - it's just a joy dropping into some random section and reading through, but my copies are a little abused by that practice. I'd love to have a second set for aesthetics and display.
WillAdams 4y ago
R.A. MacAvoy has the titular character do this in her wonderful novel _Tea with the Black Dragon_

This is one of those book series that I really, really want to purchase as a beautiful, matching, leather-bound set. And, yes, I would read it for pleasure, and I would treasure it.

noyesno 4y ago

Bookbinding is a great hobby. Or you can commission someone to create leather-bound covers for your book?

bombcar 4y ago
Yes - you can find book rebinders who can take a paperback book and make a bound book out of it.

voakbasda 4y ago

I was thinking the same thing when I clicked on the comments. I somewhat expect this will be the last volume in the series, so one could now hope to buy a "complete" set. I would love to revisit and explore all of the material using modern programming languages.

jsmith45 4y ago
One might hope that he can at least complete 4C such that volume 4 is complete. I am skeptical that volume 5 or later will see the light of day, But I also cannot predict the future.
- lifthrasiir 4y ago
  This comment made me check the history of the official TAOCP page [1] through the Wayback Machine. Volume 5 was estimated to be ready in 2009 at the very first snapshot (1997), in 2010 by 2003, in 2015 by 2007, in 2020 by 2010, in 2025 by 2015 which is the latest estimate today. At the first glance this looks like an eternal "10 years later", but note that that estimate didn't change since 2015 and the 2025 estimate is now only 3 years away. Does this mean that Knuth does plan to publish anything related to Volume 5 by that time? [1] https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html

helsinkiandrew 4y ago

Each volume is taking longer and longer (4A and 4B and work on 4C have taken over 20 years). Mr Knuth is 84 and if there are 3 more volumes...

irrational 4y ago
Maybe Brandon Sanderson can write the last three books.
- tmtvl 4y ago
  Never heard of him, is he another great computer scientist? I'd love it if someone like Chris Wellons or Per Bothner could work on them, but filling Knuth's shoes may be a big task for one man.
  - thfuran 4y ago
    No, he's a fantasy author who finished the last few volumes of a popular epic fantasy series after its original author died.
    - imaltont 4y ago
      Also convinced he writes in his sleep with the amount of books he releases.
      - ars 4y ago
        He got a little bored during COVID and accidentally wrote 5 books: https://youtu.be/6a-k6eaT-jQ https://youtu.be/6a-k6eaT-jQ this led to what I think is the most funded Kickstarter ever: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/surprise-four-secret-novels-by-brandon-sanderson https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/surprise-fo...
      - aaroninsf 4y ago
        https://www.theverge.com/c/23194235/ai-fiction-writing-amazon-kindle-sudowrite-jasper https://www.theverge.com/c/23194235/ai-fiction-writing-amazo...

klik99 4y ago

Same - it's just a joy dropping into some random section and reading through, but my copies are a little abused by that practice. I'd love to have a second set for aesthetics and display.

WillAdams 4y ago

R.A. MacAvoy has the titular character do this in her wonderful novel _Tea with the Black Dragon_