Author: Compynerd255
Posted: 27 Jan 2013 12:13:36 am (GMT -5)
I've actually been reading this book as well! And I concur - it is a fantastic book. And I haven't finished it either - I calculated myself to be only 45% of the way through the book, if you count each page as equal. And I'd say I've been reading it for the past 3 or 4 weeks.
It is pretty meaty - it takes a lot to understand this, although it definitely comes easier if you're a programmer. I do like both the dialogues and the standard chapters, although I definitely think that the dialogues do vary in quality: sometimes they're really insightful and better than the chapter that follows, and sometimes you get lost and confused. The recursion dialogue is probably my favorite out of all I've read so far, although I was also struck by the Aunt/ant dialogue.
I remember my college professor for programming simply raving about this book - it was one of the four prizes for a programming contest in our class and clearly the best.
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Posted: 27 Jan 2013 12:13:36 am (GMT -5)
I've actually been reading this book as well! And I concur - it is a fantastic book. And I haven't finished it either - I calculated myself to be only 45% of the way through the book, if you count each page as equal. And I'd say I've been reading it for the past 3 or 4 weeks.
It is pretty meaty - it takes a lot to understand this, although it definitely comes easier if you're a programmer. I do like both the dialogues and the standard chapters, although I definitely think that the dialogues do vary in quality: sometimes they're really insightful and better than the chapter that follows, and sometimes you get lost and confused. The recursion dialogue is probably my favorite out of all I've read so far, although I was also struck by the Aunt/ant dialogue.
I remember my college professor for programming simply raving about this book - it was one of the four prizes for a programming contest in our class and clearly the best.
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