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Knuth's Volume IV Preview Available Online

Posted by timothy on from the use-the-powerful-glasses dept.

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. Finder fee? by PopeAlien · · Score: 5, Funny

    (and the $2.56 finder's fee for every typo is still there :)."

    Man! I wish that was availiable for Slashdot.. I'd be rich!

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    1. Re:Finder fee? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Man! I wish that was availiable for Slashdot.. I'd be rich!

      You don't get paid for any typos that you make yourself.

  2. Notes on the text by ciurana · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is not a draft of volume IV. This is a draft of a section of one chapter in volume IV, namely section 7.2.1.1.

    Dr. Knuth writes: "This is a section of a long, long chapter on combinatorial algorithms. Chapter 7 will eventually fill three volumes (namely Volumes 4A, 4B and 4C), assuming that I'm able to remain healthy."

    This particular section deals with generation of combinatorial patterns and was released for public review in hope to winnow the most egregious errors before it's released; the subject is so extense that Dr. Knuth felt this was one of the best ways to improve this 67-page section.

    I've read the first four or five pages and it's impressive, as always. Heavy on the math from the first page. Either way this will make for very enjoyable reading (if you're in hyper-nerd mode).

    Cheers!

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  3. TAOCP's Legend by robbyjo · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's been a long wait since the first three book of TAOCP came out (in the 80's I suppose). Knuth said it would be a 7-volume series. We always wait for the rest to come out. Here's volume 4. You could check out what will come out for volume 5-7. The contents for volume 4 is there too (including the erratas of vol 1-3).

    He said that he'll spend his retirement to write the rest. Wow. Check out his homepage, probably you could help him. If you could give him a "significant suggestion", he'll reward you for 32c. If only ask slashdot offer the same prize for each highly modded post. :-)

    Caveat emptor: His book is not for the faint-hearted. It's full of math & logic -- but it's wonderful.

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