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Extremely envious of this! I don't own a copy of Art of Computer Programming, so I did spend a not-insignificant amount of reading through some of Knuth's othe
by tombert 3y ago
Extremely envious of this! I don't own a copy of Art of Computer Programming, so I did spend a not-insignificant amount of reading through some of Knuth's other writings trying to find mistakes that no one else has found, and I came up empty handed. There might be mistakes ripe for the picking in there, but I'm afraid I'm not quite smart enough to find them.
Still, a guy can dream. If I ever pick up Art of Computer Programming I might give it a go again.
- WillAdams 3y agoI was fortunate that Knuth wrote a book on a topic which I have studied deeply, _Digital Typography_: https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/dt.html https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/dt.html My correction is for pg. 33, and there was a minor point of improvement which I can't find.
- tombert 3y agoVery cool! He just needs to write a book on obscure cartoon history, and I'll be shoe-in. Until then I think I will just have to deal with living in envy.
- WillAdams 3y agoYou are aware that his first publication was in _Mad Magazine_? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potrzebie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potrzebie (scroll down to "System of Measurement") or see: https://webmadness.net/blog/?post=knuth https://webmadness.net/blog/?post=knuth
- tombert 3y agoI was not aware of that. That's a fun fact that I did not expect to learn today.