## 缘起

1968 年，终于推出了这套《计算机程序设计艺术》的第一卷 —— 《基本算法》。据说比尔盖茨曾花几个月的时间去读这本书，然后还帮忙打广告说，如果想成为一个优秀的程序员，那就应该去读读这本书吧。

## 图灵奖

For his major contributions to the analysis of algorithms and the design of programming languages, and in particular for his contributions to the “art of computer programming” through his well-known books in a continuous series by this title.

## 停笔

I retired early because I realized that I would need at least 20 years of full-time work to complete The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP), which I have always viewed as the most important project of my life.

I’m proud of the 28 students for whom I was a dissertation advisor (see vita); and I know that 28 is a perfect number. So I won’t be advising any more students. But I do say that if somebody solves one of the open problems stated in one of my Computer Musings, within about two or three weeks of the time I stated it, I’ll sign their thesis. (After two or three weeks, I’ll be working on something else and won’t have time to read their work.)

## 书籍进度

（第4券又将分为ABC）。

Volume 4 Fascicle 5, Mathematical Preliminaries Redux; Introduction to Backtracking; Dancing Links (2019), xiii+383pp. ISBN 978-0-13-467179-6

Volume 4 Fascicle 6, Satisfiability (2015), xiii+310pp. ISBN 978-0-13-439760-3

• Pre-Fascicle 8a (Hamiltonian Paths and Cycles);
• Pre-Fascicle 9b (A Potpourri of Puzzles).

## 开银行奖励读者

The first finder of any error in my books receives 0x$1.00 ($2.56), deposited to their account at the Bank of San Serriffe; significant suggestions are also worth 0x$0.20 ($0.32) each. If you are a really careful reader, you may be able to recoup more than the cost of the books this way.

Certainly I do not believe that anybody who received one of my checks has been in any way a culprit. But all such recipients are entitled to bragging rights; therefore the numbers printed on those checks inevitably become known to random members of the public.)

Here are some people whose full names I have been unable to discover. Such people often tend to be from Europe or Australia; some of them may no longer be alive. Perhaps you will recognize one or more of these names. With luck you might even be able to reach somebody on this list easily by email. I will gladly deposit 0x$1.00 (US$2.56) to the account of the first person who sends me the full name of anybody listed here.