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This is my favorite introductory book on algorithms. It's very well-written, concise, and develops important concepts through problems. It also strikes a nice balance in presenting…

Douglas Hofstadter put some interesting thoughts on the parametric knob-twiddling approach to fonts and other domains of creative expression here: http://www.cs.indiana.edu/ftp/tec…

The woman is facing the wrong way in Vermeer's, isn't she?

The site maintainer for the 1988 verion, Paul Dourish, gives a counterargument in his preface ('...Unfortunately, in the process, [Raymond] essentially destroyed what held it toget…

Some of the claims made about Ada are certainly mistaken, but there are also good arguments for genuine, important contributions. See, for example, Babbage historian Doron Swade's …