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1. Re: Programming book recommendations

   

   Reply by dongyfeng · May 2014 · Home› General Discussion

   Unless you're doing some low-level (hardware) programming work or interviewing for a job, bit-shifting is irrelevant. I would spend more time on learning how to build complex data structures and algorithms. And this is the area where Python really excels at(much much better than C/C++/C#/Java). For learning material, I…

2. Re: Programming book recommendations

   

   Reply by dongyfeng · May 2014 · Home› General Discussion

   Being a professional programmer for over 10 years (5 years with Microsoft in Visual Studio team), I would highly recommend you to learn python.

3. Re: Programming book recommendations

   

   Reply by Elynole · May 2014 · Home› General Discussion

   I always recommend Python as someone's first programming language - it's extremely powerful when it comes to computations, and is still really easy to learn. Until you've got a good grasp on programming pragmatics, I would stray away from anything .NET. Learning the .NET side of the house is just as intense as learning…