The Art of Computer Programming by Donald E. Knuth

(www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu)

45 points | by archargelod 5 hours ago

5 comments

  • TheChaplain 48 minutes ago
    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.
  • sourdecor 16 minutes ago
    I really like the books listed in the link to American Scientist's book recommendations[0] on that page.

    [0]: https://www.americanscientist.org/article/100-or-so-books-th...

  • jagged-chisel 1 hour ago
    About $340 for the full set of eBooks.

    Also: "Please do not tell me about errors that you find in an eBook, whether it's PDF or not, unless the same errors are present in a printed copy; such mistakes should be reported directly to the publisher."

    Glad he thought to mention this, but I suspect his inbox will still be inundated.

    • fmajid 56 minutes ago
      • WillAdams 28 minutes ago
        E-mails which are sent in about the various books used to be printed out and responded to --- I got a $2.88 physical reward check for finding an error and a point of improvement in _Digital Typography_. Not sure how they are handled now. Trying to find an error or point of improvement in v4f7 so that I can get an account at:

        https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/boss.html

        (usually, I do find errors in books, esp. e-books, which reminds me, I need to pick up the corrected 3rd printing of _The Fall of Arthur_ by J.R.R. Tolkien before I read it again, since that should have the error I found corrected).

  • small_model 48 minutes ago
    Don't feed the pdfs into Fable, compile a email of errors -> Knuth
  • philips 1 hour ago
    Where can the books be found in PDFs for purchase?! First time I have heard of a non paperback novel.

    Obviously I know I can probably find them on the high seas.

    • ndr 1 hour ago
      From TFA:

      > The authorized PDF versions can be purchased at www.informit.com/taocp

      • philips 1 hour ago
        Ha. Thank you! Strange it is only from one store.
        • disgruntledphd2 41 minutes ago
          They're really good quality though (even if they are very expensive).
        • jolmg 30 minutes ago
          DRM-free with book+ebook bundles. How I wish all stores were like that.