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"Numerical Recipes in C" This was the first programming book that actually made me laugh at times. The writer's style is wry and very accessible. His strong op
by m99sh 16y ago
"Numerical Recipes in C"
This was the first programming book that actually made me laugh at times. The writer's style is wry and very accessible. His strong opinions and commentary kept me glued. Admittedly I didn't read every word but IMHO this is one of the classics.
Ditto for Sedgewick's "Algorithms" book.
- eliben 16y agoI have chill running down my spine from thinking that someone read Numerical Recipes from cover to cover without putting it down. No offense - but it's an incredibly dense book. In particular the code samples take a lot of effort to really chew through, at least for me.
- mahmud 16y agoI treat Numerical Recipes like a bank robbery: get in and get out. I look up the ONE solution I need, read the associated 2-3 pages, and put it away for another few months.