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Re:Algorithms by Jeff Erickson by squeaky-clean on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @11:29AM (#26079396)
Unless this is a book the author wrote solely to enjoy themselves, let's not pretend that feedback from potential buyers is something that shouldn't be allowed.
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Re:Algorithms by Jeff Erickson by sigjuice on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @12:04PM (#26079860)
The author has responded to this feedback on the website in great detail. At this point, this is less of feedback and more of entitled people demanding that the author write another book.
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Re:Algorithms by Jeff Erickson by azhenley on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @11:52AM (#26079688)
The content is posted for free. If you buy it, you are paying for a physical copy of free material.

PDF of the book: http://jeffe.cs.illinois.edu/teaching/algorithms/book/Algori...

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Re:Algorithms by Jeff Erickson by vajrabum on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @12:03PM (#26079826)
Professors frequently write their own textbooks. Sometimes these are only used in their own classrooms. That's pretty close to their own enjoyment. It allows them to have a book that exactly matches the way they want to teach. As far as buyers, this book is free.
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