most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-06-20T04:41:51Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/30285 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/30285/question-on-book davit-datuashvili 2010-07-02T07:59:17Z 2010-07-02T08:09:11Z

<p>i have question please tell me is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Delight-Henry-S-Warren/dp/0201914654/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1278057524&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">this book</a> good or not? i want buy it and don't know anything about it</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/30285/question-on-book/30287#30287 supercooldave 2010-07-02T08:02:02Z 2010-07-02T08:02:02Z

<p>That depends upon what you are looking for. If you want to learn about techniques used by hackers to break into systems (and thereby improve your programming to stop those hackers), then this book is no good for you. On the other hand, if you want to learn about low level bit-flipping tricks, then this could be of interest. It is well written and tells a good story. Perhaps not the story you expect.</p>