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Re:Why are there so few good developers?
on Friday September 17, 2010 @03:46PM (#1702565)
Thats why we are seeing so many regular and orderly and mediocre programming (languages) around. Because if you are regular and orderly in your life, then that's just who you are.
Re:Diaspora Developer Release
on Thursday September 16, 2010 @03:37AM (#1697113)
Lol. If you are German, pronouncing this is no problem at all. I guess this will hold for a lot more languages, except maybe the English ;-)
Re:Ask HN: If you would have to choose one book what would it be?
on Wednesday September 15, 2010 @08:17AM (#1694001)
Don't go down this road. Do you want to be knee-deep in legacy code? Better go out and build your own stuff. Forget about the TAOCP, it really is overrated. Cormen is more recent and to the point. But don't read it cover to cover, but consult it when you need it. Furthermore, read the Dragon book (first one is enough) on compiler construction. Finally, learn to program in Standard ML, for example via the book by Larry Paulson (ML for the working programmer). That should be enough for the basic theory. If you got the above stuff under your belt, then this will take you pretty far. For the rest, rely on your mind and logic and feeling for elegance.