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kps 3 hours ago

I think there's a proof that he can at best asymptotically approach volume 7.

wolfi1 3 hours ago | parent [-]

but what distraction could it be now? There seems to be nothing to be done for TeX

kps 2 hours ago | parent [-]

The way I see it: Volume 7 is compilation. Since many optimization techniques are NP-complete, Knuth will have to take a break from writing TAOCP to settle whether or not P=NP.

flir an hour ago | parent [-]

Three months, tops.