libraries

[optech]

you know, like books.
not libs.

what books you guys reading?

i myself:

O'Reilly
Learning Perl
Advanced Perl Programming
Perl Cookbook
CGI Programming

Sams
Maximum Linux Security
Teach yourself C/C++
c/c++ syntax reference

other
A+/Network+ exam prep
Practical Firewalls
Visual BASIC syntax reference (this one's by the toilet. for when i run out of toilet paper) =)

[EscapeCharacter]

ok i'll play

Oreilly
Perl in a nutshell
Java examples in a nutshell
The cathedral and the bazaar // not really a reference book but a good read none the less

Mercer
Computing fundamentals with c++

Sams
C++ in 21 days
C in 21 days
Java in 21 days

Deitel & Deitel
C++ how to program

other
Hacking exposed second edition
PHP essentials

[jemfinch]

I'm currently in the midst of reading several:

The Case for Christ, by Lee Strobel.
The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins.

I've started, but can't really say I'm currently reading, both "Surprised by
Joy" and "Mere Christianity" both by C. S. Lewis.

I sold most of my programming books :)

Jeremy

[optech]

i'm also reading hitch hikers guide to the galaxy now (thanks bradmont :) )
i finished the first volume, and i'm working on "the restaurant at the end of the universe"...
what a great book

[debiandude]

Java Books
Java Cryptography - Oreilly
Java Cookbook - Oreilly

Perl
Programming Perl - Oreilly
Mastering Algorithms with Perl - Oreilly

C and C++
C++ How to Program - Deitel & Deitel
The C Programing Language - Kernighan and Ritchie
Linux Device Drivers - Oreilly

Other
Pastwatch - Orson Scott Card ( REALLY GOOD )
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Se solo fosse vero - Marc Levy

[kmj]

Originally posted by jemfinch:
<STRONG>

I've started, but can't really say I'm currently reading, both "Surprised by
Joy" and "Mere Christianity" both by C. S. Lewis.

</STRONG>

funny, I just picked up "Mere Christianity" a few weeks ago. I started it out, but lost interest after the first chapter. Wasn't enough up front to really pull me in.

[kmj]

Oh, on topic, I've been browsing through "The Python Essential Reference", which has given me a newfound urge to do some real project in python, and I read the first bit of the chapter on Macros in my book on Common Lisp (Common LISPCraft, I think it's called), which was actually rather disappointing because I didn't see anything that differentiated Lisp macros from C preprocessor macros.

[inkedmn]

Perl
Learning Perl
Perl Cookbook
Beginning Perl (wrox)

Non-Perl :D
The Count of Monte Cristo (yes, for fun)
Nine Stories (salinger kicks ***)
various Linux+ exam resources (cuz i'm taking the test by february...)

[jemfinch]

Originally posted by kmj:
Oh, on topic, I've been browsing through "The Python Essential Reference", which has given me a newfound urge to do some real project in python, and I read the first bit of the chapter on Macros in my book on Common Lisp (Common LISPCraft, I think it's called), which was actually rather disappointing because I didn't see anything that differentiated Lisp macros from C preprocessor macros.

C macros can't access anything in the C program -- they only reshape the source.
CL macros, on the other hand, can access all the functions of the lisp program
at compile time, this allowing for any number of interesting tricks.
It's not just textual reshaping -- it can call functions, get return values from
functions, etc. all at compile time.

As as Mere Christianity is, I've been wanting to read it for a long time,
and have in fact read about 40 pages of it, but never finished. My sister
recently read it, though, and really enjoyed it, and is going to reread it and
would like to talk to me about it, so I need to read it :)

Jeremy

[inkedmn]

Mere Christianity is an amazing book. a great defense of the faith.

[Dru Lee Parsec]

Chess

"How to Reasses your Chess" by Jeremy Silman. (Awesome)
"The Amature Mind" by Jeremy Silman
"Attacking Chess" by Josh Waitzkin
Referencing I.A. Horowitz "Chess Openings, Theory & Practice" as well as MCO-13.

For Fun
"The Age of Spiritual Machines : When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence"
by Ray Kurzweil

For Work
Constant references to various books. Most recently "Core Java Servlets & Java Server Pages"

Best book I've read in the last 10 years
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephanson

[ 26 October 2001: Message edited by: Dru Lee Parsec ]

[AdaHacker]

Computers
Linux in a Nutshell
Hacking Exposed
A Discipline of Programming by Dijkstra
The Science of Programming by David Gries
System Design from Provably Correct Constructs by James Martin

Assorted others
The Art of War by Sun-Tzu
Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche
Why I am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell

(Actually, I read the last two a couple of years ago, but I figured someone had to counter balance all the apologetic literature. ;) Besides, they're both very, very good.)

[ 26 October 2001: Message edited by: AdaHacker ]

[MrNewbie]

And I thought I was the only one who read more than one programming book at once.

Right now I'm reading.
The Black Art of 3D Game Programming (Just Started)
Thinking in C++ (Nearly finished)
Teach Yourself Perl In 21 Days (I don't know why though, I now know most of the stuff in it except for Regular Expressions)

[siqe]

oreilly's book on make.

[Qubit]

Posted by Jemfinch:
The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins.


Heh, I picked up "The blind watchmaker" and "Our selfish genes" (which I'm reading now) yesterday at the library, because I was really thrilled by "Unweaving the rainbow".

Is TBW any good? (From the cover text it looks like programming meets biology, so that looks like a winning combination :))

[jemfinch]

Originally posted by Glaurung:
Is TBW any good? (From the cover text it looks like programming meets biology, so that looks like a winning combination :))

It's a decently interesting book. I'm only about 140 pages into it (it appears
to have ~300 pages,) so I'm not terribly deep into it, but thus far, it's been
interesting.

I'm sure at some point, however, Dawkins will probably get on my nerves :)

Jeremy

[Qubit]

Posted by Jemfinch:
I'm sure at some point, however, Dawkins will probably get on my nerves


Why is that? He is rather cruel vs. his opponents (not that they deserve any better :)), I know...


(edit: added a smiley.)

[ 31 October 2001: Message edited by: Glaurung ]

[digitalzero]

Core Java Fundamentals Java 2 (Reference here and there)
Sun Tzu - War & Management
Six Thinking Hats - Edward De Bono (I felt kinda ripped off)

[ 31 October 2001: Message edited by: digitalzero ]

[kmj]

Originally posted by digitalzero:
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Six Thinking Hats - Edward De Bono (I felt kinda ripped off)

</STRONG>

Who is this guy? Edward De Bono? As a gift a few years ago, I recieved this wierd "mind kit" thing, which I think had his name plastered all over it (as the inventor). It had a few thin booklets and some "games" which were supposed to make you exercise your brain or something, but it wasn't too interesting or cool. I read a bit of one of the booklets out of curiosity, and while he didn't seem like a wacko, I didn't see much there except rather obvious things (that admittedly we don't actively think about much). Maybe if I were still in grade-school, I would have better appreciated what he was saying. shrug. Hell, I could be thinking of the wrong guy, too.

[jemfinch]

Originally posted by Glaurung:
Why is that? He is rather cruel vs. his opponents (not that they deserve any better)...

I oftentimes find him to be guilty of the same narrow-mindedness he lambasts in
others, in addition to being particularly caustic and offensive to those who
disagree with him.

Jeremy