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zafka on Oct 31, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Book That Every Programmer Should Read

While this book sounds like it would cover a lot of what someone might have missed in a CS program if they were not very inquisitive, I picked that stuff up, and continue to do so as i forget by going back and looking things up.

My vote for must read is: "Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance" - Pirsig

steauengeglase on Oct 31, 2011 [–]

I wouldn't even say it is geared towards the CS student/CS grad, more like general nerd reading. If I knew a kid who was "interested in computers", but there was no one around to give them a helping hand I'd definitely give them a copy of CODE and The C Programming Language.

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