At 10:32 PM 11/14/02 +0200, Elias Athanasopoulos wrote:
Huh? What it should or shouldn't do isn't the question, here. The book (actually, the series, since it comprises 3 volumes) does in fact use an idiosyncratic pseudocode presentation of the algorithms, a language which I think Knuth calls MIX.On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 04:51:55AM -0500, dashielljt wrote: > advanced reference book. All I have to say about Knuth is that it would > have been nice if he had put the necessary fortran or source in that large > book to build the tools for his unique programming language. I didn'tIt's an algorithms book. It shouldn't depend on a particular language.
Every algorithms books I've ever looked at prsented the algorithms in some particular language (how can it not?), either a pseudo language like MIX or a real one like C, C++, or Pascal. At least for me, having the algorithms presented in a familiar programming language has value, since it is one less thing to keep track of. That's why, in practice, I usually use a book other than the Knuth series to research everyday A&DS questions, turning to Knuth only for something really tricky or obscure.
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