What should a self-taught programmer with no degree learn/read?

Re:What should a self-taught programmer with no degree learn... by michael_dorfman on Friday December 17, 2010 @07:02AM (#2015976)

It depends on the results you want to get-- TAOCP and CLRS are completely different creatures.

If you are expecting TAOCP to be an Algorithms textbook, you're going to be severely disappointed.

Personally, I find TAOCP to be highly underrated. I find Knuth to be an utter joy (and just yesterday, greatly enjoyed watching the video of the 16th Annual Christmas Tree lecture.)

CLRS is a great Algorithm textbook, but it's not the place to go to find why there is a Pi in the formula for the approximation of Catalan numbers.

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Re:What should a self-taught programmer with no degree learn... by d0mine on Friday December 17, 2010 @03:11PM (#2017573)

Thanks for mentioning the lecture "Why Pi". Here's a direct link to the video http://stanford-online.stanford.edu/seminars/knuth/101206-kn...

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