Is this book a meme or actually worth reading?

>>61979735
what yes?
>>61979555
all you'd ever need is SICP and TCPL

>>61979747
What's TCPL?
>all you'd ever need
TAOCP is considered one of the most difficult, dense, yet rewarding theoretical CS books by some

You won't understand jack shit OP

>>61979794
Why?

>buying the book before it's finished

>>61980001
Most people who've taken an interest in TAOCP have only read the first book.

>>61979757
The C Programming Language.

>>61979555
if it came out before 2005 it's a meme at this point.

>>61979993
Because it's notoriously hard

>>61980043
I have a decent math background and know how to program.
>>61980025
I've read it. Usually it's called K&R, not TCPL

>>61980349
do you have PhD in compsci?

>>61980840
No.

>>61980842
It's not worth then, unless you plan to get PhD in compsci or set your goal to be a very dependable programmer.

TAOCP's very time consuming and there're many books out there that's more relevant for you.

>>61981034
I'd like to be a very good programmer and understand what I'm doing.
>TAOCP's very time consuming
I'm still a student, it should be fine.
>many books out there that's more relevant
Such as? I've read K&R, I'm probably going to pick up SICP soon.

>>61981054
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2182572

>Such as? I've read K&R, I'm probably going to pick up SICP soon.
find and taste it yourself, i know nothing about you.

More relevant than fucking SICP which is a goddamn "programming design philosophy" BS book for shitcunt "programmers" who spend their entire day dicking around with flowcharts and suggesting that "Hello World" needs to be a 680-line OO monstrosity.

>>61981453
>SICP
>OO
???

>>61979555
Begins first book on algorithms,discrete math,programming numerical methods and sort algorithm.