Should I read the book Growing Algorithms?

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P1CA5S02021-02-19 19:50:59

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P1CA5S0, 2021-02-19 19:50:59

Is this book worth reading? I had such a question, because after reading 100 pages, I have such a feeling that I am not developing and because of this demotivation

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mkone112, 2021-02-19
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Despite the dubious value of the question - no, it's not worth it. A book for elementary school students, if you throw out all the water and cards, there will be 50 pages. One of my worst time investments. Better read Cormen.

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12rbah, 2021-02-20
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So it depends on your level of experience, this book explains how some popular algorithms work and there is working code that needs to be worked out. As for me, there is not much difference where you read about the quick sort algorithm and wrote the simplest implementation (unless, of course, you need to optimize it, etc.).

I have such a feeling that I am not developing and because of this demotivation

it is interesting to look at those who, having studied 3-4 simple algorithms (as I understand it, at best you rewrote the code and realized that it works, and did not write the code according to the proposed algorithm) will feel that they are developing. And as for the fact that you are thinking of reading the core, there is a 900-page textbook, you are sure that you can handle it after you can’t read the book “Groaming Algorithms” (and you need it, there the textbook is more like a reference book). As if in general, this is a normal feeling that you stand still, you feel development, after a while when you look at tasks that used to cause difficulties, but now seem primitive. When I studied programming for a month or two, I tried to write the code myself, for insertion sort, I spent about 2 hours on this (maybe even more) and my head was boiling, although now I find it hard to understand how I could sit on it for so long then. So if the only problem is the feeling that you are not developing, then sit down and write the code according to the flowchart or the description of the algorithm (maybe even several times), spend a couple of hours on it and you will be happy.