I read selected parts of it while in the University, studying Computer Science. I think that is the more appropriate time for you to read such a book, since it gives you the basics.
I read the section on Hash Tables while at work because one of our hash table implementations was exactly what he proposed in his book and there was no explanation on why some things were done, especially the choice of the hashing functions. I first tried looking for the information in other books (like Cormen et al.) but everybody just simply references the book from Knuth without explaining things either. So I bought it just for that...
I really really wanted to have time to read the rest of it. But also my comic book collection and a whole lot of other books I bought in the last 30 years. Maybe one day.
I read the section on Hash Tables while at work because one of our hash table implementations was exactly what he proposed in his book and there was no explanation on why some things were done, especially the choice of the hashing functions. I first tried looking for the information in other books (like Cormen et al.) but everybody just simply references the book from Knuth without explaining things either. So I bought it just for that...
I really really wanted to have time to read the rest of it. But also my comic book collection and a whole lot of other books I bought in the last 30 years. Maybe one day.