Bookclub nomination Thread

!bookworms as you know Never Let Me Go is finished, we'll have a final thread to discuss the book as a whole this Sunday. So it's time to nominate books for the next bookclub. I'll select all nominations and post a thread to vote which one you like most. First voting will eliminate all but the Top 5.

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The structure and interpretation of computer programs by Gerald Jay Sussman, Hal Abelson and Julie Sussman.

!codecels

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Is that the Javascript version?

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Why would you ever read the JavaScript version

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Because it's the most recent addition and newer is better including society's opinions on gay s*x

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Suggest some kino programming books. If you suggest "clean code" I'm gonna block you

For me, it's all of Beej's "books"

also:

https://i.rdrama.net/images/17036903533104029.webp

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  • the art of prolog

  • on lisp/let over lambda

  • the little schemer/the reasoned schemer

  • the elements of computing systems

  • The Art of the Metaobject Protocol

  • learn you a Haskell

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is learn you a Haskell still good

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the presentation is cringe and I didn't feel like I had deep understanding after reading the chapters

Haskell Programming from First Principles by Chris Allen, Julie Moronuki (z-lib.org).pdf is better

This is a good text for after you understand the basics to understand what all the fuzz is about

https://bartoszmilewski.com/2014/10/28/category-theory-for-programmers-the-preface

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It's pretty good - it was my into to Haskell/FP in general. It's not great at covering advanced Haskell topics like monad stacks, but that's not the point

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do you know how "the art of prolog" compares to "the power of prolog"?

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The power of prolog is more about prolog programming in general. The art of prolog is more about beautiful things you can do, like metainterpreters

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thanks for the rec, after taking a peek it seems like a better book for me in the beginning

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Both are great books. Markus Trista (who wrote PoP) also has a YouTube channel under the same name which is really good

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The Algorithm Design Manual by Skeina et al

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How do you learn to enjoy this after becoming a wagecel? I used to care, but I can't deal with it anymore since I feel like I'm just working for free and getting taken advantage of

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dunno I'm a NEETcoder

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sorry. please never get a job

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Serious suggestion: "Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software" by Charles Petzold

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The Linux Programming Interface by Michael Kerrisk :marseyshy3:

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People who preach Clean Code need :marseyropeyourself:

Boring and r-slurred book

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I knew a woman (male) who had the entirely of AOCP at the time.

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no she very much had a peepee.

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Nerd!!!

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:marseynotes:

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:marseykingcrown#:

I didn't get any of the math they'd use to explain programming though :marseybrainlet:

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