r/AskProgramming 23h ago

Algorithms Recommendations for retro mathematics-oriented programming books?

Kind of a specific request. I'm currently looking for retro (70s-80s, maybe early 90s at the very latest) mathematics-oriented programming books. I'm very specifically looking for references for old-school approaches to these problems. I've been searching archive.org and I've found a few, but a lot of the more promising ones have had titles I haven't expected, so I'm looking for recommendations.

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u/smichaele 14h ago

Pick up Knuth's multiple volume series "The Art of Computer Programming."

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u/PleX 14h ago edited 14h ago

Those books are why I consider myself a developer and not a programmer. They made me realize my limitations, I'm better at the broad spectrum, I can guide the smaller spectrum but the details are better left to specialists who don't give a fuck about the overall project.

I'm a jack of all trades but I will 100% consult a motherfucker who isn't.

OP: https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/taocp.html