Art of programming (№2)

Each book has its own destiny. Some people appear silently and as discreetly disappear in the stream of time, covered with dust on the shelves of libraries. Others in a particular period are in demand by a narrow circle of specialists, as long as they do not come to replace the new directories. Third, rising over time, have a powerful impact on the technological development of society. Books belonging to the latter category, not so myogo. Their entry into the light - always a holiday. Years pass, change the technology, but the new generation of constant interest re-read their pages. It is to such books include the proposed reader multivolume work of the famous American scientist Donald Ervin Knuth "Art of Computer Programming '! It's been almost 30 years since the first edition in 1972 in the United States of the book. It was translated into most languages \u200b\u200bof the world, including the Russian . To date, the CIS three-volume D. E. Knuth became a rarity. In 1998, the United States came third edition of "Art of Computer Programming" It kept the sequence of presentation of earlier versions, but greatly expanded the list of references, which includes fresh and the most important results, new exercises and comments, inaccuracies corrected. Given the worldwide popularity of "Art of Computer Programming" for a long time should expect the new translated editions in Russian, and that you hold in your hands.