On 17/05/2011 21:10, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> It seems that everyone has heard of Knuth's epic masterwork. (Wonder if
> he'll ever complete it?) My question is... has anyone here actually read
> it? And does it say anything interesting?

Let me put this another way:

A lot of people seem to think that Godel, Escher, Bach is some kind of 
iconic master work. After slogging through several chapters of dry, dull 
text, I eventually became so bored that I stopped reading it.

I'm wondering whether it's worth reading TAOCP, or whether it's more of 
a reference tome.

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