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: That is confusing. It was originally planned to be one book. When he started turning in the manuscript, it was clear that one book wouldn't do it, so it was planned to be seven books. Now volume 4 itself will be at least three books. [[User:Bubba73|Bubba73]] [[User talk:Bubba73|(talk)]], 02:31, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
::I ran across a reference at work today (on a ''Scientific American'' capsule biography, 1977) that the work was at that time "to be seven volumes" - fair enough - and, more amusingly, that the first five were expected to be completed "by 1980"... [[User:Shimgray|Shimgray]] | [[User talk:Shimgray|talk]] | 17:27, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
Regarding the paragraph on Knuth's use of assembly language:
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