[TheChaplain]

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.

[mcv]

He's a Christian (he's also written about that), but considering the time volume 4 took (and is still taking), I have my doubts he's going to make it.

[kps]

I think there's a proof that he can at best asymptotically approach volume 7.

[wolfi1]

but what distraction could it be now? There seems to be nothing to be done for TeX

[kps]

The way I see it: Volume 7 is compilation. Since many optimization techniques are NP-complete, Knuth will have to take a break from writing TAOCP to settle whether or not P=NP.

[flir]

Three months, tops.

[Pet_Ant]

What he needs to do is start sketching the rest so that it can be finished after his death in his vision.

[myst]

There’s no second Don Knuth vOv

[disgruntledphd2]

Brandon Sanderson maybe?

[y1n0]

Damn funny comment.

[murphyslaw]

If the end product is something like La Sagrada Familia, I'll pass.