if you use "sort" in your daily life, you don't need TAOCP. A good tutorial will do. If the "sort" provided by the libs you use doesn't work for you and you fee

if you use "sort" in your daily life, you don't need TAOCP. A good tutorial will do. If the "sort" provided by the libs you use doesn't work for you and you feel you need to taylor it to your needs, then start by TAOCP (an dbe sure to have time to do so, it's not an easy read when it comes to details).