Anyone here who can honestly say that they worked through all volumes (obviously not answering everything)? I often hear people talk about it but never met anyone in real life who actually did this.
Interesting demarcation he makes between geeks and mathematicians and scientific thinkers more generally. Would be curious what the identifying traits of geeks are in his mind, though one can make some guesses given the examples he cites.
I am certainly never one to question Donald Knuth on things in computer science, but I've always thought his opinion of P vs. NP an odd one, though he is certainly not the only person with that opinion.
It's interesting how this article made it to HN - From the post about the potential proof surrounding P != NP yesterday, there was a great comment thread on a bit of the history of proofs, where this link was shared.