Lisper's computing bookshelf: share your favorites

From: Paolo Amoroso (amoroso_at_mclink.it)
Date: 11/20/03 

Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 16:47:58 +0100

Concerning static vs dynamic typing... Yawn, just kidding... :-)

I have done a trip to the local library to get the 2nd edition of AIMA
by Russell and Norvig. The computing book shelves were of course
stuffed with titles on the usual mainstream stuff and fads of the day.

But I realized that there must be some gems buried there that a Lisper
might appreciate. Hence my poll of the collective mind of fellow
Lispers.

I am looking for suggestions on non-Lisp, computing books that a
Lisper may find interesting, insightful, inspiring, thought-provoking,
useful or just fun. I don't mind texts with some math or formal
notations, but I would prefer those that are self-contained and don't
require you to check a dozen other books just to understand some
background material[*].

The above mentioned AIMA is such an example. Another might be
"Introduction to Algorithms" by Cormen et al.

The rationale for excluding Lisp books is that they are relatively
well known, both the available ones and the ones that are going to be
published shortly.

Paolo

[*] `apt-get install' doesn't work well with books... 

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