My broken record response, Knuth's Art of Computer Programming. Maybe it won't be for you. That's true for every book. Maybe it isn't for you right now, but y

My broken record response, Knuth's Art of Computer Programming. Maybe it won't be for you. That's true for every book. Maybe it isn't for you right now, but you might grow into it...and isn't that the point? The reason I think it is the place to start is because Knuth is a good standard for against which to evaluate other programming books. Good luck.