Finished reading: Once Upon an Algorithm by Martin Erwig đ
I liked the premise of this book - algorithms taught with examples from classic childrenâs tales. I didnât finish it, however - it was just too wordy (I got about halfway through). In fairness, I started with a very similar approach to my own book which for a while had a working title of âThe R Handymanâ with allusions to power tools, tool belts, hand tools, etc⌠but the metaphors felt too forced after a while and we changed tack to focus on the programming without them.
What I did read was well presented and went into some decent detail about software design, algorithms, and complexity. At some point, though, I think some sort of implementations were necessary to bring it all together, and this book lacked that.
Worth a try, but if youâre really into algorithms Iâd say get a book with implementations (e.g. this one).