Ask Slashdot: What Should Every Programmer Read?

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday May 14, 2014 @10:10AM from the green-eggs-and-dereferenced-pointers dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There's a blog post floating around right now listing articles every programmer should read. I'm curious what articles, books, etc., Slashdot readers would add to this list. Should The Art of Computer Programming, Design Patterns, or Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs be on the list? What about The Mythical Man-Month, or similar works that are about concepts relating to programming? Is there any code that every programmer should take a look at? Obviously, the nature of this question precludes articles about the nitty-gritty of particular languages, but I'm sure a lot of people would be interested in those, too. So if you can think of a few articles that every C++ programmer (or Perl, or Haskell, or whatever) should know, post those too."

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The Bible by DoofusOfDeath · 2014-05-14 10:31 · Score: 0, Offtopic

with a good commentary to explain the historical, cultural context needed to understand certain sections well.
Programming is a fun and rewarding way to earn a living. But it's not the most important thing.