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The Art of Computer Programming (6 books)

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&>The bible of all fundamental algorithms and the work that taught many of today’s software developers most of what they know about computer programming.

—Byte, September 1995

I can’t begin to tell you how many pleasurable hours of study and recreation they have afforded me! I have pored over them in cars, restaurants, at work, at home… and even at a Little League game when my son wasn’t in the line-up.

—Charles Long

If you think you’re a really good programmer… read [Knuth’s] Art of Computer Programming… You should definitely send me a resume if you can read the whole thing.

—Bill Gates

It’s always a pleasure when a problem is hard enough that you have to get the Knuths off the shelf. I find that merely opening one has a very useful terrorizing effect on computers.

—Jonathan Laventhol

This first volume in the series begins with basic programming concepts and techniques, then focuses more particularly on information structures—the representation of information inside a computer, the structural relationships between data elements and how to deal with them efficiently. Elementary applications are given to simulation, numerical methods, symbolic computing, software and system design. Dozens of simple and important algorithms and techniques have been added to those of the previous edition. The section on mathematical preliminaries has been extensively revised to match present trends in research.

12 reviews for The Art of Computer Programming (6 books)

Rated 5 out of 5

Siddharth – December 25, 2023

The Essential Computer Science Reference
Rated 5 out of 5

Mateus Silva – December 29, 2023

Now for the real CS training
Rated 5 out of 5

S. Keene-elliott – September 2, 2024

What can I say about this set of books? It’s hard to not to repeat the praise that has been said so many times before, so I won’t. These are excellent books, period. What I will say is that anyone doing any sort of computer programming can benefit from the deep wisdom Knuth has captured in these volumes. While some sections may seem a bit dated, all of it is germane to creating efficient and elegant computer programs, whether you are a beginner or a seasoned pro looking to put a shine on your work.
Rated 5 out of 5

isoapu – January 7, 2025

I just received these books. They arrived in excellent condition. A couple of bumps on the holder box, but nothing to get uptight about. Amazon should have packed them better.

Even though I have my Bachelors Degree is Computer Science, after scanning through these books, the real CS training begins now. These books will take a while to thoroughly study. I’m looking forward to it.

Donald Knuth and his peers should be the ones people think of when they think of computers. Not Bill or Steve. Bill and Steve were just good salesmen.
Rated 4 out of 5

J. M. Hughes – January 30, 2025

A classic
Rated 3 out of 5

Walter L. Williams – February 1, 2025

A gift for one of my grandsons so he can help explain things to his octogenarian forebear,
Rated 5 out of 5

Guofeng Liu – February 19, 2025

Forget Bill Gates or Steve Jobs; Donald Knuth is the patron saint of computer programming. This set would be a wonderful gift for a CS graduate or a dedicated computer programmer of any age. These aren’t for hobbyists or people with a passing interest in a subject, however. They are hard core, the real thing, the full monty.

Archeologists will dig these up a thousand years from now and marvel at our primitive society’s understanding of computer programming and algorithms.
Rated 4 out of 5

M. Numan – March 4, 2025

What can you say? It’s the gospel according to Saint Donald Knuth
Rated 5 out of 5

J. F. – April 11, 2025

Finally!
Rated 5 out of 5

Gergely Kovács – April 17, 2025

Includes the long, long, long delayed volume 4 (both A and B) as well as updates to the first editions I bought in the 1970s after saying to the TA for my first programming course (in Fortran) that it seemed to me that there was a certain art to programming – and he pointed me at Don Knuth’s books on his bookshelf.

Joke was on me! But I did get exposed to a whacky kind of misnamed science* called (Theoretical) Computer Science! I even worked for a Computer Science department at one point.

Help support Prof Knuth in his (non-) retirement and learn an exciting new programming language (MIX) by buying the latest edition of his epic saga The Art of Computer Programming.

(I’m hoping that Prof Knuth never actually retires – as he still owes us Volumes 5, 6, and 7!)

*It is called Theoretical Computer Science but is really just an advanced area of mathematics not science. As my squash opponent once explained to me: if it is really science then it doesn’t need to have science in the name (physics or chemistry versus political science, social science, …).
Rated 4 out of 5

Friday – April 18, 2025

great books
Rated 5 out of 5

Dave the Iconoclast – April 18, 2025

Will take a long time to read them all