> I have not approached TAOCP as of yet, so cannot say to what extent I will > be able to adjust to the assembler presentation. Though if I can, I am > sure > it will be very good medicine. > > Art >
Yes, I take Knuth as very sincere when he suggests buying other people's books (*and* his), i.e. just because *he* doesn't have the time (TAoCP is a huge commitment) doesn't mean others shouldn't convert the algorithms he covers, in his chosen VHLL (English), into some fashionable/favorite other (e.g. Lisp, Python or J). Assembly remains close to the metal and, through MMIX, TAoCP speaks to a target audience of chip designers and electronics engineers, not just to those who groove on completely abstracted process.[1] Kirby [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMIX _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
