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Find the bug

by Adam Barr · first published 2004

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  • simplegeek · Mar 3, 2008 · Recommends

    1. Programming Pearls & More Programming Pearls, Jon Bentley. 2. SICP and The Litle Schemer. 3. K&R 4. Find the Bug by Adam Barr (I read it after reading a Guy Steele recommendation for this one and it's awesome. Author is a cool hacker, writer and a PM at Microsoft (his other book Serving my corporate Masters was…

    on “Five Memorable Books About Programming” ↗
  • serve_yay · Mar 21, 2015 · Recommends

    "Find the Bug: a Book of Incorrect Programs" by Adam Barr: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0321223918/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=... It has a bunch of examples of bugs, classified by type of bug, and gives you tools for diagnosing…

    on “Ask HN: Good books on debugging?” ↗

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