Books for Software Engineers in 2023

Re:Books for Software Engineers in 2023 by spit2wind on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @05:15AM (#34229810)

A word of warning to anyone reading "The Algorithm Design Manual", there is an error on nearly every other page.

https://www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~skiena/algorist/book/errata

https://www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~skiena/algorist/book/errata-...

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Re:Books for Software Engineers in 2023 by signa11 on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @05:16AM (#34229816)

thanks for the heads up ! it would be good to see how many one can spot in their own reading.

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Re:Books for Software Engineers in 2023 by radiator on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @05:44AM (#34229959)

This is astonishing. I was considering ordering that book, thank you.

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Re:Books for Software Engineers in 2023 by pvitz on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @07:04AM (#34230449)

To be fair, the second link you provided is for the 3rd edition and lists something like 20 errors (including typos, etc.) for a book of approximately 800 pages.

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Re:Books for Software Engineers in 2023 by ellisv on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @09:53AM (#34232079)

Can you recommend an alternative?

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