in reply to OT: Lobbying college library for Knuth's "Art of Computer Programming"

Ask him whether he would replace the bible with something more current.

Abigail

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Re: Re: OT: Lobbying college library for Knuth's "Art of Computer Programming"
by Elgon (Curate) on Oct 21, 2003 at 08:41 UTC

    Agreed,

    This is bit like saying that they shouldn't stock Newton's Principia Methematica in their (history of) physics section or Saussure's essays and lectures on Structuralism in their English Language library.

    Elgon

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Re: Re: OT: Lobbying college library for Knuth's "Art of Computer Programming"
by DrHyde (Prior) on Oct 21, 2003 at 08:53 UTC
    Seems like a good idea!