Have u Coders Read "the Art of Computer Programming"

**Nick** · 05-13-2002

Are these books appropriate for a beginnger programmer? I've been programming for a few months now and I think I've got the basics down, and I'm going on to windows programming currently. Should I read these books?

I would try knuth's concrete mathematics if you already know some calculus before reading the knuth's 3 volumes. Or you could try Cormen and Riverest's book on algorithms. I have both of these book and will be trying to read them once I'm done with classes. Also when reading, I think it's important to not just understand, for example a proof, but how you would come up with it yourself.

**Liam Battle** · 05-13-2002

If you are a begginner programmer i suggest no, since you want learn more than the basics of coding at the moment, so concentrate on becoming a good c++ coder first, these books are heavy in Algorithms and Mathematical formulas, which underline the "art" of programming, and it really draws a similarity that you can achieve.

If you pass by a chapters or whatever book store you live near, take a look inside, and you will understand.

**napkin111** · 05-14-2002

Thanks for the input. I'll stick to what I'm doing right now, and when I get better and more experienced, think about reading the books.

napKIN

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