I'm always suspicious of lists that recommend The Art of Computer Programming. Having spent more than 100 hours on volume one without finishing it, I can say that Knuth's own estimation that fewer than 100 people have read it end-to-end is probably true.
Each one of these books in valuable and every developer should probably read some of them, but each "high-theory" book you read is time taken away from learning practical, hands-on skills. I'm glad I read the top three back when all I was sacrificing was quality time with Access 2 and Visual Basic 3.
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I'm always suspicious of lists that recommend The Art of Computer Programming. Having spent more than 100 hours on volume one without finishing it, I can say that Knuth's own estimation that fewer than 100 people have read it end-to-end is probably true.
Each one of these books in valuable and every developer should probably read some of them, but each "high-theory" book you read is time taken away from learning practical, hands-on skills. I'm glad I read the top three back when all I was sacrificing was quality time with Access 2 and Visual Basic 3.