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Someone on March 26, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Books Programmers Don't Really Read But Recommend

I think that heavily depends on one's prior education.

I found them a fairly easy read. It's just applied number theory :-)

lwat on March 26, 2012 [–]

They're not meant to be read cover to cover, the same way you would not read a dictionary cover to cover. Knuth himself even says so in book 1.

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