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> technical books are silly expensive, take too long to get to the point and are borderline useless. Hey, don't tar the whole field with the sins of 99.9% of
by derleth 15y ago
> technical books are silly expensive, take too long to get to the point and are borderline useless.
Hey, don't tar the whole field with the sins of 99.9% of the elements. Some technical books (those by W. Richard Stevens, K&R, Knuth, and a few others) are wonderful resources.
- ken 15y agoI mean no disrespect to Knuth, but he seems an odd choice to include in this list. Are you saying his books are exemplars of cheap, fast, or practical?