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		brain5ide on Dec 29, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What one book could give me a new, useful superpow... Everything will be wishy-washy when compared to "The Art of Computer programming" by Knuth.

nandemo on Dec 29, 2012 [–]

Have you read it? Did it change your life?

brain5ide on Dec 29, 2012 | [–]

Haven't even gotten through the Vol 1 and it changed the life. However, the change is gradual and when you're into it for long enough it gets hard to look at times before TAOP retrospectively. To take on it all is way beyond that time.

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