"Most people need to keep on top of things, but my role is to get to the bottom of things.". What an epic quote! Totally relished reading through this. Thanks for sharing!
> 5. Mark Taub, Pearson: Does the emergence of "apps" (small, single-function, networked programs) as the dominant programming paradigm today impact your plans in any way for future material in TAOCP?
Surrounded by all these interesting people who have benefitted and interacted with these important books asking insightful questions, the manager from the big educational publisher asks "how can I divide this up to make more money out of it?".
That's deeply unfair, considering how positively Knuth responded to the question
> Future volumes will probably be even more "app-likable," because I've been collecting tons of fascinating games and puzzles that illustrate programming techniques in especially instructive and appealing ways.
and also how many of the other questions were "What's your favorite X?", not insightful.
