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The art of computer programming.
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The Art of Computer Programming
Donald E. Knuth
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The Art of Computer Programming
Donald E. Knuth
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jll29
It's a twelve-episode science mystery called "TAOCP"
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brudgers
The Art of Computer Programming is well worth trying to read because it will be challenging for as long as you keep at it.
brudgers
TAoCP is worth trying to read.
brudgers
The Art of Computer Programming boxed set
h2odragon
Knuth's TAoCP.
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mtillman
The Art of Computer Programming
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philomath_mn
same goes for The Art of Computer Programming
cbm-vic-20
TAoCP (er, Knuth's "The Art of Computer Programming")
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throwaway81523
For me, TAOCP in high school was a big one.
nano9
Obviously TAOCP, SICP, K&R, and other books in their ranks are better answers.
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f1shy
Knuth's TAOCP
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fermigier
Computer science: Knuth's TAOCP.
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brudgers
If it was TAoCP, I would always have something I didn’t understand to read.
ivanmaeder
Maybe also "The Art of Computer Programming" but I can't speak from experience
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Parker_Powell
10. The Art of Computer Programming
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throwaway81523
So for me it was TAOCP
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EzJBg4GS
I don't plan on reading TAOCP anymore
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Jtsummers
The contents of TAOCP are very well edited, just massive in scope
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dragontamer
Well, Volume 4 was released in 2016 and is not out of date at all.
dragontamer
Chapter one of TAOCP for better or worse, is a very rigorous mathematics introduction.
LAIFscratch
TAOCP is probably the best book if you approach it as infotainment/puzzles casual reading
dragontamer
Art of Computer programming starts at a high school level.
jll29
TAOCP is too detailed and too deep as a beginner's book; you first want something lighter
iamsb
The Art of computer programming by Donald Knuth.
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the art of computer programming is a good candidate. Unfortunately, it isn’t done yet (1), and the completed parts have are very basic and have parts that are a bit dated
zzo38computer
I like "The Art of Computer Programming".