The Art of Computer Programming by Donald E. Knuth

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

31•archargelod•5h ago

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philips•1h 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•1h ago

From TFA:

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

philips•1h ago

Ha. Thank you! Strange it is only from one store.

disgruntledphd2•17m ago

They're really good quality though (even if they are very expensive).

jolmg•6m ago

DRM-free with book+ebook bundles. How I wish all stores were like that.

jagged-chisel•57m 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•32m ago

He doesn't have an inbox:

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

WillAdams•4m 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).

TheChaplain•24m 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.

small_model•24m ago

Don't feed the pdfs into Fable, compile a email of errors -> Knuth

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Comments

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