Re: [JUG-Delhi] Relevance of Knuth

thanks for your reply Tushar. Yes, i do have many other important books 
to read thus i wanted to know.
your last question is very valid, but i cant answer it properly ... see 
below

On 22-Apr-04, at 11:36 AM, Tushar Shah wrote:
>
> I suggest donot read them if you have other important things.
RK - i do!

> btw why do you need the go
> through these book
RK - I don't need to. I wish to know if i am missing something by not 
having read the same. I have often read that these are some of the top 
books a programmer should read. I would rather put the question to you 
backwards - what would i miss not having read them, or gain by reading 
them. Actually you have to some extent answered these.

> s maybe if you give exact details of requirements people
> on list can give you a much better(easy)  list of books
RK - i don't think i need help there at this moment :) Will ask you if 
i am lost. I have many decent books to go through.
Okay one just struck me  ... Is there any book that gives a *gentle* 
introduction to parsing, automata, language grammars and such. I bought 
a book on that (Computation ...) and couldnt get through even the first 
chapter. Or should i first study some math before attempting this. I 
was once playing with javacc and after a while when it came to complex 
grammars (if else conditions etc) and abstract syntax trees (AST) i got 
lost.