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Hmmm... my own list of memorable programming books would look like (in no specific order): 1. The Mythical Man Month, Brooks 2. Peopleware, DeMarco and Lis
by Locke 19y ago
Hmmm... my own list of memorable programming books would look like (in no specific order):
1. The Mythical Man Month, Brooks
2. Peopleware, DeMarco and Lister
3. Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming, Norvig
4. The C Programming Language, Kernighan and Ritchie
5. The Ruby Way, Fulton
I had a hard time deciding whether or not to include the Pragmatic Programmer, in the end I decided to go with The Ruby Way because it was an unusually enjoyable read for a language book.
I know the original list was supposed to be more esoteric books, not classics, but I'm anticipating this becoming a thread of everyone's favorites. : ))
- run4yourlives 19y agoHave to put in a strong seconding of Peopleware and MMM. Certainly two must reads.
- comatose_kid 19y agoI'm just beginning PAIP - I finally broke down and bought it when borders emailed me a 40% off coupon. CS books aren't supposed to be readable, but so far this one seems to break that rule.
- pchristensen 19y agoI think PAIP is underrated (or maybe just unknown) because a) AIMA replaced it as the go-to AI text, b) there's no free online version (unlike SICP, PCL, OnLisp, etc), c) it's expensive. But it's probably my favorite of all the Lisp books I'm looking at now.