>If you'd rather an easier start, I like "Concrete Mathematics" --
> by Graham, Knuth, and Patashnik. Reads much faster and covers the
> mathematics needed to analyze algorithms. This path is a much more
> abstract approach to the problem. I remember in the introduction to
> the class (upon
Arthur wrote:
> As, for example, noted by Rob Malouf's recent post:
>
> """
> We're not training our
> students to be programmers, we're just trying to give them the basic
> computational skills necessary to study language, genes, etc.
> """
>
> There is - as I think John pretty much put - learni
Tony wrote -
>I don't worry too much about the people who go into CS expecting
>vocational training --- such people can very happily be steered
>towards excellent technical training outside of universities. But I
>suspect that CS is often a let-down to students who expect it to be as
>relevant as
