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Donald ervin knuth has 72 books on goodreads with 36572 ratings. About the art of computer programming, volume 4, fascicle 5. Mcode examples in volumes 1, 2, and 3 as mmix code examples. Knuth is one of the worlds preeminent computer scientists, whose works have had a profound influence on the subject since the publication in 1968 of the first volume of the art of computer programming. He studied mathematics as an undergraduate at case institute of technology, where he also wrote software at the computing center. Knuth is clearly aiming to teach the novice reader how to use tex to produce beautiful books and the advanced reader dangerous bend sections more advanced material. Knuth, donald ervin bibby, duane robert the t e xbook donald e.
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