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Knuth's Volume IV Preview Available Online

ahto writes: "The first section of volume 4 of Knuth's The Art of Computer Programming is available for peer review (and the $2.56 finder's fee for every typo is still there :)." Knuth's series-in-progress made a lot of people's lists when it came to assembling the perfect collection of library books for computer science; now you have a chance to make the next one better. If you can find any mistakes, that is.

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  1. Re:How do I view it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    .ps is postscript. Read it with a postscript viewer you dumbfuck.

  2. You might have a ps viewer and not even it! by Pilferer · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    WOW.. I've always thought that the Windows program "Paint Shop Pro" by Jasc was as good, if not better, then Adobe Photoshop. It's a great example of "shareware" (trailware?) that's as good, if not better, then some of the comercial stuff out there.. anyway, I double clicked this postscript file, just for the hell of it.. and guess what? PSP can view postscript, and render it with all kinds of nifty options (anti aliasing etc). This program never ceases to amaze me...

  3. Re:Sad that he's never learned while loops by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    goto b teh suk

  4. Re:.ps !???!!! - USE .pdf in the future please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Suck it up, wuss. You're lucky it isn't in TeX or DVI.

    ~~~

  5. Re:all hail the Jewish masterrace!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Cain??? Why do you quote the book of the people you hate?

    BTW, the spawn of Cain is DEAD. Everyone living today has descended from the sons of Noah, Ham, Shem, and Japeth(who apparently each had intercourse with their mother to produce all us offspring).

  6. Re:Knuth's MMIX VM could compete with .NET/Java... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Except that MMIX does not have a stack (like assembly on the OS390 (IBM mainframe)) So everybody has to invent his own function call mechanism. How stupid. Or that you use macro definitions that span thousand of instructions. (That's what they do on the mainframe). How stupid!

  7. Re:knuth is how old? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm almost certain he meant 00111111

  8. Re:.ps !???!!! - USE .pdf in the future please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What's wrong with TeX and DVI? I'd love to see the source, and DVI is much more readable on screen.

  9. Re:.ps !???!!! - USE .pdf in the future please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    NOTE: Ps is used easily by computers that are running a properly written operating system and tools. Only software designed for the mentially incapable or children have trouble with this.

    Please upgrade to an OS that is for adult use. Using software written for Small children (windows products or Mac products) will cause difficulty.

  10. Re:"Aryans" = mudpeople by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh, btw, that dude is right. Calling a Persian an arab, or calling farsi 'arabic' is a good way to get your ass kicked in a bar.

  11. Speaking of algorithm texts... by kriemar · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I would really really like to see a text that treats algorithms such as markov chain monte carlo, simulated annealing, evolutionary algorithms, genetic algorithms, etc. in one volume. They all seem related in some way, and it would be nice to see a book treat them all comprehensively in a way that is still useful for application. Does anyone know of such a text? I guess maybe it's better to buy separate texts on each topic.

  12. Re:oh you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So, are we voting for "No"?

  13. Another interesting book by Knuth... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0895792524/ qid=997403291/sr=1-27/ref=sc_b_27/104-2253834-7226 349

  14. Re:oh you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Malaysian girls are hot!!! hee hee

  15. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

    1. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      yes sir

  16. Re:oh you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  17. Re:Interesting Metric by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OR: you care more about programming than about Reading Cool Things.

  18. oh you! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yes, you are a smart one, aren't you hehehe

  19. Re:"Aryans" = mudpeople by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    God I love Persian chicks. Such pale skin. Such innocence. Such hidden, unbridled, unimaginable horniness.

  20. Re:"Aryans" = mudpeople by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fuck'em, they're BROWN!

    Not the sharpest one, are ya? I'll say this slowly so a person of low mental abilities such as yourself can understand. Persians are white. They have very, very pale skin. Whiter than someone who considers themselves 'white' , such as yourself.

    Therefore, you should be chasticizing yourself for being so goddamned brown. I recommend you commit suicide. If you don't I'll come and bludgen your thick skull while you sleep. You're just not white enough, sorry.

  21. .ps !???!!! - USE .pdf in the future please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    .ps is a pain in the ass for web browsers!

    1. Re:.ps !???!!! - USE .pdf in the future please by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      good one - wuss. yer right - i should also count my blessings that he did not write the chapter in Hindi, Afrikaans or Urdu.

  22. Re:Interesting Metric by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, that's the attitude! Don't let that bastard take away the fun from your Visual Basic Programming.

  23. all hail the Jewish masterrace!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    let's eradicate the dark-skinned islamic vermin!

  24. Asian Porn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  25. Re:Extended trilogy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thanks for surfing and responding at -1, btw. I don't know how I ended up down here...

    D.S.

  26. Re:"Aryans" = mudpeople by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    http://www.jokestan.cc/soorat/highest.asp?type=fem ale

    I know you're a troll, but my personal belief is that trolls should be well educated. Does she look brown to you?

  27. Re:"Aryans" = mudpeople by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    oh fuck off you sheep fucking, nazi party braindead fat motherfucker - what passes for thought in your mind scares the fuck out of most people - it abuses me - give me a linux evangelsit every day

    PS i looked at your user info - your mind is so one track its scarcy - but then again you obviously only have 1 braincell so its not surprising.

    Isnt it about time we banned this cocksucker ?

  28. Re:Sad that he's never learned while loops by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Whining faggot, you're not capable of reading the books anyway. Go back to your html for dummies book and let those of us who can actually read and use AoCP get back to keeping the world running.

  29. Re:knuth is how old? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You mean he's 077, don't you?