Not really. There are a few gems here and there in the text, but overall it is a slog. CLRS is a better text book for getting up to speed in algorithms. If y

Not really. There are a few gems here and there in the text, but overall it is a slog. CLRS is a better text book for getting up to speed in algorithms. If you are going to read it though, the volume on searching and sorting is probably the best. I didn't much like volume 1.