| A long while back I wrote an answer on Stack Overflow to a question that asked "How to read TAOCP?" my answer looked something like this: - don't read them - get all the books, put them in a bin bag and shake vigorously with some lumps of coal, to give them that "used" look - go through the books, underline things at random and make notes (also at random) in the margin such as "how true", or even better "wrong!" - put books on shelf in office - never look at them again This has worked for me, though I must admit that Searching & Sorting and stuff about random numbers are pretty good. I got my copies free from Addison Wesley for doing some book reviews for them - not reviewing Knuth, needless to say! |