Editing The Art of Computer Programming (section)

==Critical response==
Knuth was awarded the 1974 [[Turing Award]] "for his major contributions to the [[analysis of algorithms]] […], and in particular for his contributions to the 'art of computer programming' through his well-known books in a continuous series by this title."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/knuth_1013846.cfm |title=Donald E. Knuth – A. M. Turing Award Winner |website=AM Turing |access-date=2017-01-25 |archive-date=2019-10-17  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017231352/http://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/knuth_1013846.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[American Scientist]]'' has included this work among "100 or so Books that shaped a Century of Science", referring to the twentieth century.<ref>{{Cite journal |author-first1=Philip |author-last1=Morrison |author-link1=Philip Morrison |author-first2=Phylis |author-last2=Morrison |url=https://www.americanscientist.org/article/100-or-so-books-that-shaped-a-century-of-science |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617002919/http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/100-or-so-books-that-shaped-a-century-of-science |archive-date=2017-06-17 |title=100 or so Books that shaped a Century of Science |volume=87 |issue=6 |journal=American Scientist |date=November–December 1999 |publisher=Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society |access-date=2024-11-26}}</ref> Covers of the third edition of Volume 1 quote [[Bill Gates]] as saying, "If you think you're a really good programmer… read (Knuth's) ''Art of Computer Programming''… You should definitely send me a résumé if you can read the whole thing."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-loves-donald-knuth-the-art-of-computer-programming-2016-4 |title=Bill Gates once said 'definitely send me a résumé' if you finish this fiendishly difficult book |author-first=Matt |author-last=Weinberger |website=Business Insider |access-date=2024-11-25 |archive-date=2023-07-12  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712010034/https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-loves-donald-knuth-the-art-of-computer-programming-2016-4 |url-status=live }}</ref><!-- <ref group="nb">According to [[folklore.org]], [[Steve Jobs]] actually made the incredible claim.
[https://folklore.org/Close_Encounters_of_the_Steve_Kind.html]</ref> comment out&nbsp;– the reference only says that Steve Jobs read the books, not that he said the quote about the resume. --> ''[[The New York Times]]'' referred to it as "the profession's defining treatise".<ref name="lohr">{{cite news |author-last=Lohr |author-first=Steve |title=Frances E. Holberton, 84, Early Computer Programmer |work=The New York Times |date=2001-12-17 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/17/business/frances-e-holberton-84-early-computer-programmer.html |access-date=2024-11-26 |archive-date=2014-12-16  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216015437/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/17/business/frances-e-holberton-84-early-computer-programmer.html |url-status=live }}</ref>