On 8/26/07, Nico Heinze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To anyone who's serious about writing good code: IMO the best basis to
> programming in general is still provided by Donald Knuth's The Art Of
> Computer Programming; recently I received the three books as a
> birthday gift, and you should see my eyes flashing brightly when I'm
> sitting on board an airplane (every Monday I'm travelling to my
> current project site, every Friday I'm flying back) and read Knuth's
> classical work. I'm still in the preparative chapters, but even though
> I am by far not good enough with mathematics to understand everything
> Knuth has written I simply enjoy every line I read and every exercise
> I try. This is the best introduction into serious programming I've
> ever seen. I only can recommend working through it, and I well know
> that not many students ever touched this book even if they had the chance.
I only have the first volume right now... he's a good writer, no doubt
about that, but the material is still pretty difficult, at least to
someone who has no formal CompSci education.
-- Brett
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