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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Part of the Computer Science canon
This is a stellar book. It's important, clear, and fun to read. Donald Knuth at his best.
Published on December 13, 2009 by Kurt D. Starsinic
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4 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Knuth's eccentricity discourages beginners
I found that Knuth's reputation for eccenctricity gets in the way of actually getting to the meat of the book. For example, getting the programs to compile under Windows was not as straightforward as it could be (although not that difficult). Much harder was to get used to the idea of using CTANGLE and CWEB in order to get Graphbase to a state where you can actually...
Published on March 23, 2002 by Anthony Chua
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: The Stanford GraphBase: A Platform for Combinatorial Computing (Hardcover)
This is a stellar book. It's important, clear, and fun to read. Donald Knuth at his best.
4 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Knuth's eccentricity discourages beginners,
By Anthony Chua (LA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Stanford GraphBase: A Platform for Combinatorial Computing (Hardcover)
I found that Knuth's reputation for eccenctricity gets in the way of actually getting to the meat of the book. For example, getting the programs to compile under Windows was not as straightforward as it could be (although not that difficult). Much harder was to get used to the idea of using CTANGLE and CWEB in order to get Graphbase to a state where you can actually compile it.It does not help at all that Chapter 3 of the book is when how to install Graphbase is actually discussed. Just for these alone I have to give the book a 3 star rating. Perhaps I will change this once I have had the opportunity peruse the _real_ contents of the book. |
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The Stanford GraphBase: A Platform for Combinatorial Computing by Donald E. Knuth (Hardcover - December 10, 1993)
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