On 10/06/2017 06:21 PM, ben via cctalk wrote: > On 10/6/2017 3:38 PM, Jack Harper via cctalk wrote: >> At 03:21 PM 10/6/2017, you wrote: >>> On Fri, 6 Oct 2017, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >>>> I take it that your students didn't read Don Knuth's wonderful book on >>>> sorting and searching--the one with the fold-out chart on various tape >>>> sorts--including those for tape drives with "read backwards" >>>> capability. >>>> Shame--I found that to be a very entertaining tome. >>> >>> I love it. My favorite volume. >> >> I agree - marvelous books. >> >> One of the software developers here actually won one of the Knuth >> $1.00 award checks for finding a typo in the 4th volume when that >> came out. >> >> Regards to the List from the Rocky Mountains, >> >> Jack >> > I have Knuth holding up my sofa. The leg broke on sofa, and set of books > happen be just the right height. > Ben. >
I'd have replaced the sofa with bookshelves.... DGR.... Allison
