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What's everyone's recommended readings? I'm halfway through thinking forth at the moment and want to keep the ball rolling!

dded 13y ago
For a beginner's introduction to C++, I really liked Koenig and Moo's Accelerated C++. It's from 2000, I don't know if there's a newer edition. Speaking of Koenig, I also like his C Traps and Pitfalls (1989). Sedgewick's Algorithms is excellent. My copy is 30 years old, but I know there are newer editions. I believe it's multi-volume now. I liked two by Richard Stevens: Unix Network Programming and Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment. And I like Bentley's Programming Pearls. These are all old, but I'm old. :-) Addenda: I've really liked everything I've read by Brian Kernighan. K&R is my favorite programming book bar none. Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences by Bevington and Robinson. Very approachable introduction. div grad curl and all that by Schey. Read it before taking Fields, instead of after like I did.
a3n 13y ago
I'm reading Programming in Scala. The free online, out of date but good enough to help you decide to go further or not first edition. I have the scala repl open alongside. Never programmed in Scala, don't know that I ever will, but it's interesting. http://www.artima.com/pins1ed/ http://www.artima.com/pins1ed/ I'm also re-reading Niven's Ringworld series, as a bridgehead to the rest of his Known Space material; I've never gone beyond Ringworld before. I'm in the third book at the moment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Known_Space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Known_Space
mindcrime 13y ago
What's everyone's recommended readings? I'm halfway through thinking forth at the moment and want to keep the ball rolling! Not so much hardcore technology stuff, but here's a reading list I put together a while back, aimed at IT executives, CIOs, etc. http://fogbeam.blogspot.com/2013/05/10-essential-reads-for-cios-ctos-and-it.html http://fogbeam.blogspot.com/2013/05/10-essential-reads-for-c... http://fogbeam.blogspot.com/2013/05/essential-reading-for-it-leaders-part.html http://fogbeam.blogspot.com/2013/05/essential-reading-for-it... Not on that list (I had not read it at the time), but one I'd highly recommend is Eric Beinhocker's The Origin of Wealth. http://www.amazon.com/The-Origin-Wealth-Remaking-Economics/dp/1422121038 http://www.amazon.com/The-Origin-Wealth-Remaking-Economics/d...
- minikomi 13y ago
  Very cool. Not a topic I'd usually peruse so I appreciate the suggestions!
0xdeadbeefbabe 13y ago
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dded 13y ago

For a beginner's introduction to C++, I really liked Koenig and Moo's Accelerated C++. It's from 2000, I don't know if there's a newer edition. Speaking of Koenig, I also like his C Traps and Pitfalls (1989). Sedgewick's Algorithms is excellent. My copy is 30 years old, but I know there are newer editions. I believe it's multi-volume now. I liked two by Richard Stevens: Unix Network Programming and Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment. And I like Bentley's Programming Pearls. These are all old, but I'm old. :-) Addenda: I've really liked everything I've read by Brian Kernighan. K&R is my favorite programming book bar none. Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences by Bevington and Robinson. Very approachable introduction. div grad curl and all that by Schey. Read it before taking Fields, instead of after like I did.

a3n 13y ago

I'm reading Programming in Scala. The free online, out of date but good enough to help you decide to go further or not first edition. I have the scala repl open alongside. Never programmed in Scala, don't know that I ever will, but it's interesting. http://www.artima.com/pins1ed/ http://www.artima.com/pins1ed/ I'm also re-reading Niven's Ringworld series, as a bridgehead to the rest of his Known Space material; I've never gone beyond Ringworld before. I'm in the third book at the moment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Known_Space https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Known_Space

mindcrime 13y ago

What's everyone's recommended readings? I'm halfway through thinking forth at the moment and want to keep the ball rolling! Not so much hardcore technology stuff, but here's a reading list I put together a while back, aimed at IT executives, CIOs, etc. http://fogbeam.blogspot.com/2013/05/10-essential-reads-for-cios-ctos-and-it.html http://fogbeam.blogspot.com/2013/05/10-essential-reads-for-c... http://fogbeam.blogspot.com/2013/05/essential-reading-for-it-leaders-part.html http://fogbeam.blogspot.com/2013/05/essential-reading-for-it... Not on that list (I had not read it at the time), but one I'd highly recommend is Eric Beinhocker's The Origin of Wealth. http://www.amazon.com/The-Origin-Wealth-Remaking-Economics/dp/1422121038 http://www.amazon.com/The-Origin-Wealth-Remaking-Economics/d...

minikomi 13y ago
Very cool. Not a topic I'd usually peruse so I appreciate the suggestions!

0xdeadbeefbabe 13y ago

http://www.offete.com/files/zeneForth.htm http://www.offete.com/files/zeneForth.htm