Comment on The Art of Computer Programming by Donald E. KnuthparentComments−tmtvl2moThat's admittedly expensive, DuckDuckGo converted it to around 450 USD, so that seemed more reasonable.−vivzkestrel2mo- what i am trying to say is if you take purchasing power parity into account and look at the costs, the books cost a bomb.- i could buy a laptop at the price of the books being sold here. it is just tooo much.- the author needs to take PPP into account and price accordingly similar to how steam does it- i could get a really good meal for 500 rs at a good restaurant here- the cost of the book is close to 80 such meals- if we price it in your currency assuming 100$ for a really decent meal, the author is charging 8000$ for the books
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That's admittedly expensive, DuckDuckGo converted it to around 450 USD, so that seemed more reasonable.
- what i am trying to say is if you take purchasing power parity into account and look at the costs, the books cost a bomb.
- i could buy a laptop at the price of the books being sold here. it is just tooo much.
- the author needs to take PPP into account and price accordingly similar to how steam does it
- i could get a really good meal for 500 rs at a good restaurant here
- the cost of the book is close to 80 such meals
- if we price it in your currency assuming 100$ for a really decent meal, the author is charging 8000$ for the books