Literate programming is a programming methodology that combines a programming language with a documentation language, making programs more robust, more portable, and more easily maintained than programs written only in a high-level language. Computer programmers already know both kinds of languages; they need only learn a few conventions about alternating between languages to create programs that are works of literature. A literate programmer is an essayist who writes programs for humans to understand, instead of primarily writing instructions for machines to follow. When programs are written in the recommended style they can be transformed into documents by a document compiler and into efficient code by an algebraic compiler. This anthology of essays from the inventor of literate programming includes Knuth's early papers on related topics such as structured programming, as well as the Computer Journal article that launched literate programming itself.

From the Back Cover This multivolume work on the analysis of algorithms has long been recognized as the definitive description of classical computer science. The three complete volumes published to date already comprise a unique and invaluable resource in programming theory and practice. Countless readers have spoken about the profound personal influence of Knuth's writings. Scientists have marveled at the beauty and elegance of his analysis, while practicing programmers have successfully applied his "cookbook" solutions to their day-to-day problems. All have admired Knuth for the breadth, clarity, accuracy, and good humor found in his books. To begin the fourth and later volumes of the set, and to update parts of the existing three, Knuth has created a series of small books called fascicles, which will be published t regular intervals. Each fascicle will encompass a section or more of wholly new or evised material. Ultimately, the content of these fascicles will be rolled up into the comprehensive, final versions of each volume, and the enormous undertaking that began in 1962 will be complete. Volume 1, Fascicle 1 This first fascicle updates The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1, Third Edition: Fundamental Algorithms, and ultimately will become part of the fourth edition of that book. Specifically, it provides a programmer's introduction to the long-awaited MMIX, a RISC-based computer that replaces the original MIX, and describes the MMIX assembly language. The fascicle also presents new material on subroutines, coroutines, and interpretive routines.

《计算机程序设计艺术》系列著作对计算机领域产生了深远的影响。这一系列堪称一项浩大的工程，自1962年开始编写，计划出版7卷，目前已经出版了4卷。《美国科学家》杂志曾将这套书与爱因斯坦的《相对论》等书并列称为20世纪最重要的12本物理学著作。目前Knuth正将毕生精力投入到这部史诗性著作的撰写中。想了解本书最新信息，请访http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html。

《计算机程序设计艺术》系列被公认为计算机科学领域的权威之作，深入阐述了程序设计理论，对计算机领域的发展有着极为深远的影响。本书是该系列的第3卷，扩展了第1卷中信息结构的内容，主要讲排序和查找。书中对排序和查找算法进行了详细的介绍，并对各种算法的效率做了大量的分析。 本书适合从事计算机科学、计算数学等各方面工作的人员阅读，也适合高等院校相关专业的师生作为教学参考书，对于想深入理解计算机算法的读者，是一份必不可少的珍品。

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《计算机程序设计艺术》系列著作对计算机领域产生了深远的影响。这一系列堪称一项浩大的工程，自1962年开始编写，计划出版7卷，目前已经出版了4卷。《美国科学家》杂志曾将这套书与爱因斯坦的《相对论》等书并列称为20世纪最重要的12本物理学著作。目前Knuth正将毕生精力投入到这部史诗性著作的撰写中。想了解本书最新信息，请访http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html。