From: Patrick Lynch Date: 2011-06-10T23:42:36+09:00 Subject: Re: Classic Computer Science Books ...you'll be please to know that the 'boxed set' of all four volumes of "The Art of Computer Programming" is still being sold on Amazon... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruby Student" To: "ruby-talk ML" Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 10:07 AM Subject: Re: Classic Computer Science Books > Well, I go back to the days when the series: "The Art of Computer > Programming" by Donald E. Knuth, was the standard and mandatory on my > school! > That was back on the mid to late '70s. > > On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Markus Fischer > wrote: > >> On 10.06.2011 00:18, Stu wrote: >> >>> texts you have read that have influenced you in your lifetime. >>> >> >> The Deadline, Tom DeMarco; "A Novel About Project Management" >> >> Definitely changed my live and perception of many things about software >> development. >> >> I find CS books usually not that entertaining to read due there dry >> technical nature (don't understand this wrongly, I love 'em but they >> serve >> me more as a reference), but this one I slung down like nothing. >> >> - Markus >> >> > > > -- > Ruby Student >