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'In 1976 Knuth prepared a second edition of Volume 2, requiring it to be type set again....'

No inidcation is given to the relevance of the typeset, for instance, why couldn't Knuth use the same type-set as everybody else? Some explanation should be given. {{<small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:86.129.218.204|86.129.218.204}}]] ([[User talk:86.129.218.204|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/86.129.218.204|contribs]]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

: I'm not sure enough of this to state in the article, but I think it had to do with the technology of the time - thirty years ago. A new edition of the book had to be typeset again. An old technology was called [[hot type]], where they poured molten lead into a form to make a plate that was used to print. Later they used [[Phototypesetting|photo offset]] which produces a low qualty product. Since the book was going to have to be typeset again, Knuth decided to work on typesetting by computer. (He thought it would take six months, it took 10 years.)

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== New publishments ==

The third edition of volume I and volume II have already been published! {{<small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:205.209.103.230|205.209.103.230}}]] ([[User talk:205.209.103.230|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/205.209.103.230|contribs]]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

: That happened years ago, and it is noted under "current editions". [[User:Bubba73|Bubba73]] [[User talk:Bubba73|(talk)]], 15:15, 18 November 2006 (UTC)