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Ask HN: What is the equivalent K&R book for (insert any topic here)?
I'll start the list with:
C has K&R
Intro to CS has SICP
What are some others HN can think of?
- yan 18y ago* Algorithms has CLR (Introduction to Algorithms, by Cormen, Leiserson, Riverst and Stein) * Compilers has the dragon book (Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools) * Lisp has a few, as far as I know. There's pg's "ANSI Common Lisp" and "Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming" by Norvig which I hear is fantastic from everyone that read it.
- dmaclay 18y agoFor Lisp read: Practical Common Lisp by Peter Seibel (www.gigamonkeys.com/book/)
- rjprins 18y agoI think many (if not most) topics don't have such an obvious single authorative source. Machine Learning: Tom M. Mitchell
- bayareaguy 18y agoApplied Cryptography, Schneier Transaction Processing: Concepts and Techniques, Gray and Reuter