RE: [OT] A question for programmers - Inspiration
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Viehmann [mailto:tv@beamnet.de]
> 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
Barry.deFreese@nike.com
"Technology doesn't make you less stupid; it just makes you stupid faster."
Jerry Gregoire - Former CIO at Dell
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