Another portion of TAoCP. Do you need to read it? I am a big fan of The Art Of Computer Programming (TAoCP) and last year recommended the boxed set of Volumes 1-4A as A Great Present for any ...

A co-worker recently recommended that I read Knuth's classic "The art of computer programming". I have a lot of respect for this co-worker, but then I've heard some negative things about these books.

The Art of Computer Programming is a multivolume work on the analysis of algorithms with volumes 1, 2, 3, 4A, and 4B published so far. To continue the set, and to update parts of the existing volumes, ...