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I am not a believer, but pray that whichever $DEITY is watching over Donald Knuth allows him a healthy and long life to reach the achievement of finishing volum

I am not a believer, but pray that whichever $DEITY is watching over Donald Knuth allows him a healthy and long life to reach the achievement of finishing volume 7.

Pet_Ant 3mo ago
What he needs to do is start sketching the rest so that it can be finished after his death in his vision.
- myst 3mo ago
  There’s no second Don Knuth vOv
  - disgruntledphd2 3mo ago
    Brandon Sanderson maybe?
    - y1n0 3mo ago
      Damn funny comment.
- murphyslaw 3mo ago
  If the end product is something like La Sagrada Familia, I'll pass.
kps 3mo ago
I think there's a proof that he can at best asymptotically approach volume 7.
- wolfi1 3mo ago
  but what distraction could it be now? There seems to be nothing to be done for TeX
  - kps 3mo ago
    The way I see it: Volume 7 is compilation. Since many optimization techniques are NP-complete, Knuth will have to take a break from writing TAOCP to settle whether or not P=NP.
    - flir 3mo ago
      Three months, tops.
mcv 3mo ago
He's a Christian (he's also written about that), but considering the time volume 4 took (and is still taking), I have my doubts he's going to make it.