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    Cover of Find the bug

    Find the bug

    Adam Barr · 2004

    Software EngineeringComputer Science
    Open LibraryAmazon
    Stats for nerds
    2recommend
    2mentions
    2people
    2008–2015years
    100% recommend

    Mentions per year

    20082009201020112012201320142015

    What Hacker News says

    1. serve_yayMar 2015
      "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 and fixing them.

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    2. simplegeekMar 2008
      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 available online. Not sure about now):-)

      5. Hackers Delight

      thread

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