I keep mine in clear view on the shelf in the hope that its collected wisdom will radiate outward and suffuse into my code. Not happened yet, but perhaps it has

I keep mine in clear view on the shelf in the hope that its collected wisdom will radiate outward and suffuse into my code. Not happened yet, but perhaps it has a useful psychological effect as a shrine to algorithms; whenever I am tempted by a quick, cheap hack I see the books and am steered back to the righteous path. Actually I usually just do the cheap hack anyway but it is reassuring to know that it is there.