Re: Re: Re: OT: Lobbying college library for Knuth's "Art of Computer Programming"

Point taken. Maybe I could have been more specific, like: "For example, books on 80386 Assembly language prgramming. They haven't changed much during the last 20 years." :)

Leonid Mamtchenkov aka TVSET

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Re^4: OT: Lobbying college library for Knuth's "Art of Computer Programming" by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Nov 01, 2003 at 07:39 UTC
I didn't know the 386 has existed for such a long time. :) Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]
Re: Re^4: OT: Lobbying college library for Knuth's "Art of Computer Programming" by TVSET (Chaplain) on Nov 03, 2003 at 00:00 UTC
I was aproximating a bit, and, considering the fact that 80386 was out in 1985, I was not too far from the truth. :) References are here, here, and here. Thanks for pointing it out anyway. :) Leonid Mamtchenkov aka TVSET	[reply]
Re^6: OT: Lobbying college library for Knuth's "Art of Computer Programming" by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Nov 03, 2003 at 00:32 UTC
Wow, a bit earlier than I thought. I was thinking something like '89 or so.. considering the IBM-PC saw the market in '83, and the PC-XT and PC-AT had very long life cycles compared to modern computer generations. Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]