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I vaguely recall an anecdote being told here on HN where Donald Knuth met Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs said something along the lines of "I admire you very much, I ha
by krylon 4y ago
I vaguely recall an anecdote being told here on HN where Donald Knuth met Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs said something along the lines of "I admire you very much, I have read all of your books!", to which Donald Knuth replied something to the effect of "I don't think so." (more politely, though, I presume).
Which is to say I don't think many people have actually worked their way all through them. Neither have I, there's no shame in that.
And, as you point out, it's not too late to give it a try.
- davidrupp 4y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmbGs290qeM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmbGs290qeM -- Dr. Knuth sets the record straight at a talk being given by Randall Munroe (of xkcd fame). Spoiler alert: "I only met him a couple of times [...] and in each case I was impressed by him probably more than he was impressed by me."
- WillAdams 4y agoThe story is related at: https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Close_Encounters_of_the_Steve_Kind.txt https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&stor... but probably didn't happen that way.
- Koshkin 4y agoAnecdotally, Bill Gates once said that anyone who have read all of TAOCP could be hired by Microsoft on the spot.