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List of freely available programming books

books creative-commons Apr 1 at 15:59 Eddie

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1440 votes

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What is the single most influential book every programmer should read?

books resources Feb 21 '12 at 21:02 Roger Pate

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1148

1414 votes

16 answers

Plain English explanation of Big O

algorithm complexity computer-science big-o time-complexity 19 hours ago Pete Kirkham

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614 votes

38 answers

Learning to Write a Compiler

compiler language-agnostic Apr 3 at 16:49 Patrick McElhaney

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298

566 votes

25 answers

Calling an external command in Python

python command external Apr 18 at 17:39 Colonel Panic

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348

562 votes

129 answers

Significant new inventions in computing since 1980

technologies innovation Jun 15 '12 at 15:22 Out Into Space

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312 votes

12 answers

How can I remove (chomp) a newline in Python?

python newline May 13 at 16:41 Mark Lubin

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277 votes

10 answers

How do you declare an interface in C++?

c++ inheritance interface abstract-class pure-virtual Apr 24 '12 at 19:20 Dima

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264 votes

4 answers

Why does pinging 192.168.072 (only 2 dots) return a response from 192.168.0.58?

ip ping ip-address Oct 15 '12 at 15:00 KronoS

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261 votes

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Get the size of a list in python?

python list Apr 19 at 21:51 TK Kocheran

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195

243 votes

18 answers

What does O(log n) mean exactly?

algorithm big-o logarithm growth-rate Apr 14 at 13:29 Community

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429

239 votes

66 answers

What papers should everyone read?

big-list soft-question Aug 16 '12 at 9:00 vorushin

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129

225 votes

7 answers

Understanding the Linux kernel source

linux kernel linux-kernel source Oct 5 '12 at 6:34 ire_and_curses

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207 votes

7 answers

How to get current time in Python

python time module methods Feb 20 at 21:48 S.Lott

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246

200 votes

5 answers

How does IPv4 Subnetting Work?

networking subnet tcpip Sep 11 '12 at 3:08 Michael Hampton

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187 votes

52 answers

What packages do people load by default in LaTeX?

packages big-list May 3 at 1:54 FvD

tex.stackexchange.com

159 votes

17 answers

Windows Azure vs Amazon EC2 vs Google App Engine

google-app-engine amazon-ec2 azure Nov 23 '11 at 15:29 Richard Watson

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155 votes

7 answers

Convert hex string to int in Python

python string hex Jan 8 at 4:37 El Developer

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142 votes

16 answers

How to do relative imports in Python?

python Mar 17 at 7:43 Joril

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268

134 votes

38 answers

What is your favorite C programming trick?

c tips-and-tricks Oct 17 '11 at 5:57 cletus

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130 votes

9 answers

How is it possible that people observing an HTTPS connection being established wouldn't know how to decrypt it?

cryptography encryption ssl key-exchange Sep 21 '11 at 0:34 makerofthings7

security.stackexchange.com

129 votes

7 answers

What's the purpose of the LEA instruction?

assembly x86 8086 microprocessors Dec 18 '12 at 22:11 I. J. Kennedy

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125 votes

9 answers

How to create posters using LaTeX

document-classes big-list posters May 4 at 19:09 Nicola Talbot

tex.stackexchange.com

120 votes

9 answers

How can we draw a Christmas tree with decorations, using TikZ?

tikz-pgf trees fun Jan 26 at 11:31 lockstep

tex.stackexchange.com

119 votes

5 answers

bash: double or single bracket, parentheses, curly braces

bash Jul 16 '12 at 20:00 Carl Norum

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118 votes

36 answers

Learning Regular Expressions

regex Nov 22 '12 at 16:11 Guido García

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127

114 votes

10 answers

What is the enlightenment I'm supposed to attain after studying finite automata?

fl.formal-languages automata-theory big-picture teaching dfa Dec 26 '12 at 19:28 David

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111 votes

34 answers

What Books Should Everyone Read?

reference-request soft-question big-list books Feb 13 at 20:34 Community

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108 votes

14 answers

What is the difference between a deep copy and a shallow copy?

language-agnostic copy Feb 17 at 11:19 user2030818

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108 votes

6 answers

What is the difference between Θ(n) and O(n)?

big-o notation big-theta Apr 12 at 16:50 Gordon Wilson

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