Re: good algorithms come with practice and reading good code/books?



Keith Thompson said:

Richard Heathfield <rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
newsman654@xxxxxxxxxxxxx said:
[...]
"The C Programming Language", 2nd edition, by Kernighan and Ritchie, is
an excellent reference.

It's probably a better tutorial than a reference.

That's probably a matter of taste. :-)

"C: A Reference Manual", 5th edition, by Harbison and Steele, is an
excellent reference.

I have both (well, okay, 4th edition of H&S), but I invariably look stuff up
in K&R. Having said that, it may simply be because K&R guesses what I'm
looking for, and tends to fall open at the appropriate page, whereas H&S is
rather more aloof and makes me look stuff up in the index.

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