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I am reading the book right now - well in half hour chunks every day anyway. It's very good. OK, I find a few of the worked examples a little overworked (if yo

• Rod 18y ago
  It's a very good book indeed. Also a little bit overrated, I would say. The book deals with deep concepts (e.g., recursion) but some people miss the "point" and try to mystify the book as if it were deeper than what it actually is. I also found it a bit overworked at times, LOL. But then, anyone who has programmed for a while knows about recursion and other topics covered in the book, so one's way of thought is molded in such a way that many of the concepts are not that hard to grasp. I would guess that the author tried to write a book that would appeal to a vast multitude of people, so he sacrificed conciseness a bit in order to attain such goal.
  • mrtron 18y ago
    I found when reading the book I kept thinking about 'How can a complex system form from a few basic parts?'. That question has always intrigued me, and probably always will. It also always results in me thinking - how many levels of basic parts are there? It wasn't long ago when people thought all objects were flat and that the Earth was the biggest object in existence. Which then got me thinking about quantum theory - what if we are just on the cusp of discovering multiple levels in a completely different way than size? I am sure you get the point now - the book inspired a lot of thought.