Thanks for the response. Sorry for the scant description. I've done stuff in Python, Java, Javascript, C#, PHP, Actionscript. I like them all, they all taught me different things about the possibilities of syntax (I think I like python's syntax the most), dynamically typed versus statically typed, the perils of cross-browser coding, OO programming, and so on. But my approach has been very much coding on the run; and very much from a verbal point of view. That is, more about how modelling problems verbally, and viewing code as a way of expressing that.
I am really interested in investigating at a deeper level so I can think in a more mathematical way about programming problems. Efficiency, the basic algorithms you should know, and so on. I will look into those books you suggested. I haven't read any of them! Again, thanks for taking the time to respond. Then, perhaps, a startup, as you say!
Its a good introduction, but it will require you to be decent at math and know how to do proofs.
On the other hand, if you are interested in how programs can express things, then maybe you want to learn about some CS theory. Specifically, some lambda calculus would be good to learn, but I don't have any good suggestions.
Note: All of these will be easier to read if you are pretty good at programming, so I'd say follow at least the first piece of advise above.
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Thanks for the response. Sorry for the scant description. I've done stuff in Python, Java, Javascript, C#, PHP, Actionscript. I like them all, they all taught me different things about the possibilities of syntax (I think I like python's syntax the most), dynamically typed versus statically typed, the perils of cross-browser coding, OO programming, and so on. But my approach has been very much coding on the run; and very much from a verbal point of view. That is, more about how modelling problems verbally, and viewing code as a way of expressing that.
I am really interested in investigating at a deeper level so I can think in a more mathematical way about programming problems. Efficiency, the basic algorithms you should know, and so on. I will look into those books you suggested. I haven't read any of them! Again, thanks for taking the time to respond. Then, perhaps, a startup, as you say!
If you are really interested in the math involved you can look at any algorithms book. I used this one in my undergrad: http://www.amazon.com/Algorithm-Design-Jon-Kleinberg/dp/0321...
Its a good introduction, but it will require you to be decent at math and know how to do proofs.
On the other hand, if you are interested in how programs can express things, then maybe you want to learn about some CS theory. Specifically, some lambda calculus would be good to learn, but I don't have any good suggestions.
Note: All of these will be easier to read if you are pretty good at programming, so I'd say follow at least the first piece of advise above.
I think your description was fine - I wasn't going to bother reading it if it had been too long :) Such is the nature of internet discourse!
Best of luck to you