Sunday reading, if that’s your thing
According to Jeff Atwood, programmers don’t read anymore. And in my small slice of the universe he’s mostly right, a problem of motivation, time, and a lack of good reading materials.
So what’s a developer to do? How about you spend a few hours reading this week. Here are a few recommendations:
- A paper on Causality and probability theory (Postscript)
- A Kerneltrap post on the C semantics of constants and pointers (good comments too)
- A free Addison Wesley book on C++ Gotchas
- A manuscript on Linkers and Loaders
- A large collection of demos and essays on how to think in terms of extensible CSS
- Linus comparing the organization of the Linux Kernel to the evolution of the universe
- Dijkstra answers questions from students about software engineering
- A paper on coroutines in C
- A manuscript for an upcoming book on algorithms (PDF)
- A paper entitled ‘Software Is Hard‘
There’s no excuse for a professional who doesn’t read: understanding needs to be fostered and is always incomplete. And excellence is fueled by obsessively feeding, exercising, and applying the mind. So what are you reading this week?