From: Kristofer M White <me@...>
Date: 2011-06-10T12:29:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Classic Computer Science Books

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Probably obligatory, but The Mythical Man-Month was a pivotal point for my =
education.
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revity.

Stu <stu@rubyprogrammer.net> wrote:

Thank you for the responses. =
I look forward to reading others.

In effort to make a quick point about th=
e K&R C book I do agree it is
terse. I also agree it's more a reference for=
 a seasoned C programmer
than tutorial for an absolute beginner. If you rem=
ove the language in
context and simply read the prose it has to be one of t=
he most well
written efforts to distill the authors knowledge and experienc=
e on the
subject of programming to the reader.

I am interested in books th=
at do just that.

Since some Ruby books have been mentioned

If I was on a =
desert island and could take one ruby book with me The
Ruby Programming Lan=
guage by Matsumoto/Flanagan would be what I would
pick. I have enjoyed read=
ing Metaprogramming Ruby as well but Matz's
book seems to still have the lo=
ngevity value.

I tend to enjoy reading Stroustrup's book on language creat=
ion.
Stroustrup tends to be a well skilled technical writer. I have in my
q=
ueue to read Meyers C++ books and Crockford's Javascript: The Good
Parts.

=
If a great book is in digital form only I'm all ears. I also read pdf
and w=
eb only books. In some cases to pre-view it for my library and
ultimately b=
uy the print version if I feel it's worth owning. I read
the java version o=
f 'How To Think Like A Computer Scientist' last year
solely off the pdf ava=
ilable drm free online. I plan to eventually
read the python and c++ versio=
n under the same title as those books
are pedagogical in lesson and theory.=


So anyone responding to this thread. Please don't feel the need to
omit e=
-book or lulu DIY published books or even a well written web
based resource=
 or article. Though I am interested in books that mainly
illuminate concept=
s I would be interested in hearing about the
tutorials where you may have h=
ad a massive ah-ha moment where
everything that seemed so difficult before =
or obfuscated became
simple. Books or literature that changed the way you p=
rogrammed from
that point forward.


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