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Knuth Releases Part Of Volume 4

Posted by michael on from the tortoise-and-hare dept.

Grendel Drago writes: "Donald E. Knuth has released "Pre-Fascicle 2b: Generating all permutations" from TAOCP Volume 4. It will be section 7.2.1.2 of the final work. Oh, and Volume 4 may now fill *four* subvolumes. Send in bugs, get checks for $2.56, tell the grandkids."

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  1. This belongs on the front page by Snowfox · · Score: 4, Insightful
    This belongs on the front page if ever a programming article did.

    Any programmer worth his salt has at least thumbed through the Knuth books. The set is one of half a dozen things I'd want to see on every programmer's bookshelf, and possibly even at the top of that list.

    Knuth's getting on in years. Let's all pray/hope/whatever that he makes it through the remaining volumes. If not, it'll be a major loss.

  2. Re:Tell your grandkids and they'll lock you up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    So, the truth comes out. Slashdot is NOT a programmer's site, it's a site for sysadmins who wannabe programmers - as long as they don't have to know any math to get there.