> -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Viehmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 12:16 PM > To: deFreese, Barry > Cc: debian-mentors > Subject: Re: [OT] A question for programmers - Inspiration > > > > I notice that many of you have mentioned Knuth. Are all of > you talking > > specifically about "The Art of Computer Programming" volumes? > Yes. It's the classic on algorithms. > > However, recall Mark Twain's definition of a classic: > A classic is something that everyone wants to have read > and nobody wants to read. > -- Mark Twain, "The Disappearance of Literature" > > Specifically TAOCP has an extremely condensed style and a lot > of stuff (e.g. > most of volume two) makes very interesting reading, but > probably is not > considered compulsory by most people. Also, I disagree that > his MIX is optimal > choice of a language to express algorithms in. (To quote my > favorite c.s. > professor "pure would have been better".) In summary, TAOCP > is a book for people > who like math and theory. > > <SNIP> > > Cheers > > T. > > CLR: Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest: Introduction to Algorithms, MIT Press > S: Sedgewick, Algorithms, Addison-Wesley, also as Algorithms > in You-Name-It > E: http://www.mindview.net/Books >
Hehe, I got the company to buy all three volumes!! Suckers!! :-) Barry deFreese Technology Services Manager Nike Team Sports (949)-616-4005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Technology doesn't make you less stupid; it just makes you stupid faster." Jerry Gregoire - Former CIO at Dell
