The Art of Computer Programming by Donald E. Knuth(www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu)
221 points by archargelod 1 day ago | 56 comments
tl;dr: Knuth's landing page for The Art of Computer Programming catalogs the current status of all volumes: Volumes 1-3 (fully published), Volume 4A (2011), Volume 4B (2023), Fascicle 7 of forthcoming Volume 4C (2025, on constraint satisfaction), and Volume 5 (Syntactic Algorithms) still in preparation. The page warns readers to only buy the PDF eBook editions since non-PDF versions (Kindle, ePUB) mangle the mathematics, and it links to extensive errata files plus the famous $2.56 hexadecimal reward for finding errors.
HN Discussion:
  • Sharing Knuth's recent preprints and his changing views on generative AI
  • Well-wishes for Knuth's health and longevity to complete his life's work
  • Personal appreciation for reading and owning the volumes
  • Noting the cost and Knuth's practical instructions about error reporting
  • Pride in receiving one of Knuth's famous reward checks