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by tjr 4742 days ago
Knuth himself wrote of his current work on Volume 4B that "There's stuff in here that isn't in Wikipedia yet!" :-)

So it's not true that everything is in Wikipedia, but even more importantly, even if the raw facts are in Wikipedia, that doesn't mean it's expressed in the best possible way.

I greatly enjoy reading Knuth's work; his writing style is delightful. Reading Wikipedia is often dry and lifeless.

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Thanks for this. So you think there is room for books still in the sense of Knuth. That's encouraging. :)