&gt; It&#x27;s not useful as a reference,<p>I would argue the opposite... When I needed to read about the different approaches on how to shuffle a deck for a card game TAOCP was there for me. When I needed to investigate different approaches for string comparison algorithms, TAOCP was there for me. When I didn&#x27;t understand what was the deal and why was so hard to implement a random number generator, TAOCP was there too.<p>Anytime that I needed a reference for a core CS algorithm or data structure, TAOCP worked very well as a reference for me. It feels like the Britannica Encyclopedia for CS.