I don't think most of us here are the intended audience for a book like this. TAOCP is meant to be a comprehensive compilation of the field of computer science.

I don't think most of us here are the intended audience for a book like this. TAOCP is meant to be a comprehensive compilation of the field of computer science. Such content is useful for people like researchers, lecturers, and those who work on computer languages. But for software engineers - there are much better books that will help you. Some of my favorites: - pragmatic programmer - code complete - hackers and painters That's not to say his works are 'bad' -- but they are very specialized.