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Just to clarify, as that quote juxtaposition might suggest otherwise, those three instances are from the same, fifth suggested book category—one book that goes in-depth on best practices for developing with "your favorite programming language". I point to five different programming language books, and I suggest you choose only one of those.

  > What's the point?
Re: including pointers to books I haven't read, many solution submitters use python and C++ for their solutions and subsequent job interviews, so I wanted to offer them a good starting point, note my lack of experience with those books and save them some time. I spent a good hour researching what the in-depth language books might be for python, C++ and javascript and offered those suggestions.

Re: the broader purpose of publishing a reading list, a few CS undergrads who read Coding for Interviews separately emailed me about books for interview preparation and general programming practice improvement. A lot of these books get discussed and read in book groups in the industry but not often in undergrad programs.

I hope this helps clarify why I included those. Do you still feel I should remove them?




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