I read most of the 1st edition (busy), I'm sure it hasn't changed much to the 2nd. I would say it's rather good at an introductory level to the subject!

It definitely targets physics undergrads who have never programmed so if that's not you then you may feel friction during some chapters. If, like me, you are much more developed in programming than physics you might just want to do the exercises in the first few chapters to check your knowledge and move on to the good bits.

If you're looking for something more rigorous I would bet [Numerical Recipes](https://numerical.recipes/) is better (I haven't read it but I want to; see "busy").

No, Numerical Recipes isn't better. Or worse. It's a different book on a different topic, with there topic very clearly advertised in the title.

It's a series of... numerical recipes. Nice descriptions of many numerical algorithms sufficient to use them.

It's not focused on physics. It's also not rigorous.

The Sussman / Wisdom reference is rigorous.

Why would you post about a book you haven't read?

lol. lmao even.