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		spitfire on April 26, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Top 100 Programming, Computer and Science Books... Where's Knuth? Surely you want to focus on the timeless concepts, they'll never let you down.

jayvanguard on April 27, 2015 | [–]

It really isn't a good read. I own the first three volumes. They are really just useful as a relatively comprehensive reference text explaining a lot of base CS algorithms and structures.

mangamadaiyan on April 27, 2015 | [–]

Not sure why you got downvoted. My vote for Knuth too.

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