Brett W. McCoy wrote: > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------ > "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; > If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." > -- Jelaleddin Rumi
Hmm...I've never read those books. Probably because I've heard they are huge and difficult and I like reading books cover-to-cover in a single sitting (the main reason why I'll probably never get around to reading War and Peace either). Including technical manuals. Yeah, I'm weird. But we already knew that. The math sounds interesting. What level of math background do you need? -- Thomas Hruska CubicleSoft President Ph: 517-803-4197 *NEW* MyTaskFocus 1.1 Get on task. Stay on task. http://www.CubicleSoft.com/MyTaskFocus/
