What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-26 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d
http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2bt8a5/what_programming_book_should_i_read_next/ Ali's book is the latest, so I posted that one!

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-26 Thread H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 04:23:23PM -0700, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote: > http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2bt8a5/what_programming_book_should_i_read_next/ > > Ali's book is the latest, so I posted that one! What about TDPL? Even though it's somewhat dated, it *was* what fina

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-26 Thread Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d
On the topic of professional growth, I was asked this week in a work meeting what I think I can do for mine and I didn't really have an answer. Maybe this is arrogant or whatever, but my view is that I'm kinda maxed out as a programmer. Sure, there's a handful of specific things (like fra

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-26 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d
On 7/26/2014 4:42 PM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: On the topic of professional growth, I was asked this week in a work meeting what I think I can do for mine and I didn't really have an answer. Maybe this is arrogant or whatever, but my view is that I'm kinda maxed out as a programmer. Sure, there'

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-26 Thread H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 04:56:20PM -0700, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On 7/26/2014 4:42 PM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: > >On the topic of professional growth, I was asked this week in a work > >meeting what I think I can do for mine and I didn't really have > >an answer. [...] > Interest

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-26 Thread Israel Rodriguez via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 26 July 2014 at 23:23:26 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2bt8a5/what_programming_book_should_i_read_next/ Ali's book is the latest, so I posted that one! Its hard to admit but it is sometimes true. Needing a book to learn is not always the r

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-26 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d
On 7/26/2014 4:26 PM, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d wrote: On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 04:23:23PM -0700, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2bt8a5/what_programming_book_should_i_read_next/ Ali's book is the latest, so I posted that one! What about T

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-26 Thread Paulo Pinto via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 27 July 2014 at 01:00:34 UTC, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d wrote: On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 04:56:20PM -0700, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote: On 7/26/2014 4:42 PM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: >On the topic of professional growth, I was asked this week in >a work >meeting what I think I

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-27 Thread via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 26 July 2014 at 23:42:33 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: Maybe this is arrogant or whatever, but my view is that I'm kinda maxed out as a programmer. Sure, there's a handful of specific things (like framework method names) I don't know and some concepts I don't know the names of, but as

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-27 Thread Gary Willoughby via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 27 July 2014 at 07:13:10 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote: Really? I've realized a long time ago that there is more to learn than can possibly be internalized. That's the big realisation of any good programmer. I used to think i was pretty good until stackoverflow.com opened. Boy was

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-27 Thread Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d
On 27/07/14 01:42, Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d wrote: Maybe this is arrogant or whatever, but my view is that I'm kinda maxed out as a programmer. Sure, there's a handful of specific things (like framework method names) I don't know and some concepts I don't know the names of, but as for like

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-27 Thread Jim Hewes via Digitalmars-d
On 7/26/2014 5:58 PM, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d wrote: I've to say, that learning D and contributing to D has greatly expanded my programming horizons. I've been doing C/C++ for about 2 decades, and about 8 years ago I felt I'd started to taper off in terms of learning new things in programmin

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-27 Thread Dicebot via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 27 July 2014 at 15:15:31 UTC, Jim Hewes wrote: I do try to learn more about things like Haskell and D and meta-programming and ranges, etc., but there isn't so much time when your regular job takes up over 40 hours a week. With programming, I feel like you can read about something b

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-28 Thread Peter Alexander via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 26 July 2014 at 23:42:33 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: Maybe this is arrogant or whatever, but my view is that I'm kinda maxed out as a programmer. Sure, there's a handful of specific things (like framework method names) I don't know and some concepts I don't know the names of, but as

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-28 Thread John Colvin via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 26 July 2014 at 23:42:33 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: On the topic of professional growth, I was asked this week in a work meeting what I think I can do for mine and I didn't really have an answer. Maybe this is arrogant or whatever, but my view is that I'm kinda maxed out as a

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-28 Thread Kagamin via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 28 July 2014 at 07:42:39 UTC, Peter Alexander wrote: I suppose it depends on what "related to programming" means. I presume you, like everyone else, could not write a general purpose AI, so we all still have that to learn. Why write it? Just give birth to a child.

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-28 Thread John Colvin via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 28 July 2014 at 11:32:15 UTC, Kagamin wrote: On Monday, 28 July 2014 at 07:42:39 UTC, Peter Alexander wrote: I suppose it depends on what "related to programming" means. I presume you, like everyone else, could not write a general purpose AI, so we all still have that to learn. Why

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-28 Thread Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 28 July 2014 at 07:42:39 UTC, Peter Alexander wrote: I suppose it depends on what "related to programming" means. I presume you, like everyone else, could not write a general purpose AI, so we all still have that to learn. Yeah, I'm defining it as basically something non-trivial tha

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-28 Thread Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 28 July 2014 at 11:32:15 UTC, Kagamin wrote: Why write it? Just give birth to a child. Giving birth would indeed be a new experience for me!

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-28 Thread Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 28 July 2014 at 09:22:29 UTC, John Colvin wrote: How's your mathematics and numerical analysis? There are always new horizons. I'm very good at integral and differential calculus, I know the scientific names of beings animalcules, in short in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-28 Thread Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 27 July 2014 at 11:35:31 UTC, Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d wrote: There are many ways to grow, and the most important one need not necessarily be programming. everyone tells me i need to get married :< Personally, I tend to find that growth as a programmer tends to com

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-28 Thread David Gileadi via Digitalmars-d
On 7/26/14, 4:26 PM, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d wrote: On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 04:23:23PM -0700, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2bt8a5/what_programming_book_should_i_read_next/ Ali's book is the latest, so I posted that one! What about TD

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-28 Thread Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 28 July 2014 at 14:22:01 UTC, David Gileadi wrote: On 7/26/14, 4:26 PM, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d wrote: On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 04:23:23PM -0700, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2bt8a5/what_programming_book_should_i_read_next/

Re: What Programming Book Should I Read Next?

2014-07-28 Thread Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d
On 29/07/2014 1:18 p.m., Jonathan M Davis wrote: On Monday, 28 July 2014 at 14:22:01 UTC, David Gileadi wrote: On 7/26/14, 4:26 PM, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d wrote: On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 04:23:23PM -0700, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/