https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/sn.html
This interview is excellent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPn2AdMH7UQ
He wrote the book in less than a week, the book was just flowing for days and after that he couldn't write a thing. Then he realized he missed a detail and had to rewrite the whole book.
https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/sn.html
This interview is excellent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPn2AdMH7UQ
He wrote the book in less than a week, the book was just flowing for days and after that he couldn't write a thing. Then he realized he missed a detail and had to rewrite the whole book.