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Still a crazy-good read about the very basics of computing:
— Reginald Braithwaite (@raganwald) January 28, 2019
"What is computation? What kinds of things can be computed, and what kinds of machines can make those computations?"@tomstuart's Understanding Computation https://t.co/5vOrLYF4Mc pic.twitter.com/YUgDNBsAXe
more book club fun with @tomstuart's Understanding Computation -Turing machines! pic.twitter.com/fZo8EuBh8r
— Josh Susser (@joshsusser) March 13, 2015
@computationbook by @tomstuart - a -> p { -> x { p[p[p[p[p[x]]]]] } } star read
— Beat Richartz (@BeatRichartz) March 8, 2015
We're live on iTunes! https://t.co/xGiLMP6Vhz Our first book is Understanding Computation by @tomstuart
— CS Book Club (@cs_bookclub) March 4, 2015
our dev team book club working through some problems from @tomstuart's Understanding Computation at lunch. Fun! pic.twitter.com/lrrmc49ehq
— Josh Susser (@joshsusser) February 13, 2015
Been reading @tomstuart’s Understanding Computation and loving it. Then for kicks porting some of the code to Swift: https://t.co/KeUDRS0OdW
— Adam Sharp (@sharplet) February 6, 2015
@_bauro True! Creating a 'Small Step Semantic' interpreter at the moment as described in http://t.co/YD2piMsvMd #looksmart
— Andreas Lindeboom (@linden3) January 31, 2015
.@OReillyMedia I enjoy Understanding Computation so much it inspired me to write my first blog post in years. http://t.co/RHyp5E6TQ7 ~
— Kyle Pointer (@glaukommatos) January 29, 2015
@robanhk Wait wait I have a suggestion on that! If you're comfortable with Ruby, Tom Stuart's Understanding Computation is *fantastic*.
— Danielle Sucher (@DanielleSucher) January 28, 2015
Understanding Computation. Worth every penny. @OReillyMedia Mind blown. Over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.
— Kyle Pointer (@glaukommatos) January 9, 2015
Tom Stuart's "Understanding Computation" is so awesome. These first 60 pages are some of the most fun I've had with computers. @OReillyMedia
— Kyle Pointer (@glaukommatos) January 6, 2015
only 100 pages in and "Understanding Computation" is already my one of my favorite computer books ever @tomstuart
— Lionel Barrow (@LionelBarrow) December 8, 2014
This book is helping me greatly with gaps in my non comp sci brain. Hard work for the setting though. (@tomstuart) pic.twitter.com/v6J0OdIAAK
— Felix Navidad (@felix_cohen) December 1, 2014
I HIGHLY recommend "Understanding Computation". Super accessible, engaging, mind expanding. And 50% off right now. http://t.co/BEzfrHMhCE
— Pete Hodgson (@ph1) November 30, 2014
@tomstuart @joshsusser @computationbook - this book is Fantastic! #bargainatfullprice
— brian ball (@brianball) October 9, 2014
Just finished Understanding Computation by Tom Stuart: a decent gateway book into DFAs, NFAs, Turing Machines and computation theory.
— Michael Peterson (@quux00) October 5, 2014
If you haven’t read “SICP,” dont feel guilty. Instead, read http://t.co/dv01nfVSwf by @tomstuart. Quick. Easy. And very good.
— Reginald Braithwaite (@raganwald) September 30, 2014
Real talk, though, @tomstuart's 'understanding computation' is the good kind of hard to grok. And v worthwhile. http://t.co/ouTWA9RQWC
— Felix Navidad (@felix_cohen) September 9, 2014
I started reading @tomstuart's Understanding Computation (http://t.co/cpnRppRRsj) last night and it's already been useful at work today.
— David Singleton (@dsingleton) August 27, 2014
.@mamund @lukestokes can't recommend http://t.co/c0AZiyVxwW by @tomstuart highly enough. NFA, DFA, PDA, Turing and more
— Dave Nolan (@davenolan) August 22, 2014
The Missing Link: Understanding Computation by Tom Stuart http://t.co/DRfmmjGbR5
— Planet Apache (@planetapache) May 8, 2014
Reminder: You haven’t read http://t.co/qTaOhx847Y, but you should!
— Reginald Braithwaite (@raganwald) April 24, 2014
I don't lightly use the superlative "awesome", but Understanding #Computation by @tomstuart deserves it. http://t.co/JWvan2Q8i3 #ruby
— Alex Muntean (@xeal) April 13, 2014
Rewrote some ideas from Understanding Computation but with #haskell http://t.co/xAFgEcURoH. Hope I didn't muck it up too bad /cc @tomstuart
— pat brisbin (@patbrisbin) April 7, 2014
The best programming/CS book I read in a while: Understanding Computation by @tomstuart. Totally recommended! https://t.co/rMDMqLEd4U
— Tobias Adam (@tow8ie) April 2, 2014
Starting @tomstuart's Understanding Computation for @mwhagedorn's @hpcloud book club http://t.co/ulbTiwBxju pic.twitter.com/yyiOCzf7qN
— Jeff Kramer (@jeffk) March 26, 2014
.@tomstuart's chapter on Lambda Calculus in Understanding Computation is 1 of the most enlightening & mind blowing things I've ever read.
— Ryan Levick (@itchyankles) March 24, 2014
Undestanding Computation. Looks awesome. http://t.co/41ss1JcIHC
— Raheel (@raheel) March 18, 2014
@spetryjohnson http://t.co/prVolfFjtX Best book I read last year. @MarkKGreenway @mgroves @ShawnWallace @Hamman359
— Craig Stuntz (@craigstuntz) February 5, 2014
@tomstuart Loved 'Understanding Computation' – thanks for writing it! I feel quite a bit smarter now :)
— Erik Svedäng (@e_svedang) January 15, 2014
Absolutely the best book I've read in 2013. "Understanding Computation" Half price today. http://t.co/Pe28p8sBOR @tomstuart @computationbook
— Jim Nanney (@jnanney) December 31, 2013
@silentbicycle @cczona @telemachus I love that series. I also got a lot out of a recent book, Understanding Computation.
— Danielle Sucher (@DanielleSucher) December 25, 2013
I treated myself to @tomstuart's "Understanding Computation" today. It's definitely a code-along book. So I am! :D https://t.co/uRSED3wqqX
— Sam Livingston-Gray (@geeksam) December 18, 2013
I have just finished reading http://t.co/oazhLnZWSx by @tomstuart, if you like GEB and you’ve ever written code, you will dig this
— 48k Robot (@pikesley) December 9, 2013
Finally finished @tomstuart 's "Understanding Computation". Super fun and with the best final paragraph. pic.twitter.com/hj9t7KFUC3
— d. j. graham (@deejaygraham) December 1, 2013
I wish I had Understanding Computation in university. Excellent book. http://t.co/SuQet45FI5
— Anth (@anthto) November 19, 2013
Very excited to have finally got my hands on Understanding Computation by @tomstuart pic.twitter.com/gyu0t9unuc
— Paul Wright (@wrighty) November 16, 2013
I've been forced to start learning Ruby by this book. http://t.co/DdB97Bvu3J
— Jackson Harper (@jacksonh) November 4, 2013
working through @tomstuart’s Understanding Computation with IRB open is helping a lot. Programming with Nothing hurt my head before
— Matt Patterson (@fidothe) October 29, 2013
Love @computationbook so far, kudos to @tomstuart.
— Igor Wiedler (@igorwesome) October 8, 2013
So, dann widme ich mich mal weiter dem großartigen „Understanding Computation“ von Tom Stuart. Große Empfehlung! http://t.co/g0dFZz1JJC
— Stefan Daschek (@noniq) October 5, 2013
"Understanding Computation" by @tomstuart is a very fun book to read. http://t.co/gkL5V4UK03
— Victor Savkin (@victorsavkin) September 29, 2013
I HAVE to read this book. I want to take a week off just to read this book. http://t.co/KR8CburUse
— Nate West (@drumsrgr8forn8) September 26, 2013
"Understanding Computation" - Some Computer Science concepts explained clearly — even I get it ;) http://t.co/4TQjgtHvEx
— Robert Curth (@zircde) September 14, 2013
@tomstuart I just finished Understanding Computation. Thank you. I found it a magnificent read, a new favorite.
— Dan Dorman (@dandorman) September 16, 2013
I love the functional style @tomstuart uses in his examples in Understanding Computation, which by the way is an absolutely brilliant book.
— Lennart Fridén (@DevLCSC) September 10, 2013
"Understanding Computation" by Tom Stuart is absolutely awesome! I wish I had Turing Machine explained to me this way in college
— Irina Bednova (@jafrog) August 29, 2013
Understanding Computation by @tomstuart is blowing my mind. Right now reading about implementing regular expressions with NFAs! <3
— Josep M. Bach (@txustice) August 26, 2013
"Understanding Computation" is a wonderful book. Everyone interested in CS and programming languages will have a nice time reading it.
— Norbert Schneider (@bertschneider) August 24, 2013
"Understanding Computation" just keeps on being awesome. We're in lambda calculus and Church encoding now and it's *fun*!
— Stephen Ball (@StephenBallNC) August 21, 2013
126 pages into Understanding Computation and this book is perfect. It's an ideal CS-for-art-majors book. http://t.co/jUPUdwTl3v /@tomstuart
— Jack Danger (@jackdanger) August 19, 2013
On holiday. Now have at least some time for @computationbook. Loving Chapter 8 - Impossible Programs. Really *human* explanation.
— Russell Garner (@rgarner) August 18, 2013
Pages 188-189 in the book 'Understanding Computation'. Good times... pic.twitter.com/D0Z6siJWhs
— Andrew Stewart (@andrewinfosec) August 17, 2013
If any of you are reading Understanding Computation for the Rogues book club in 2 weeks, my liner notes may help you: http://t.co/MVkuPGUuQK
— David Brady (@dbrady) August 13, 2013
Finally finished @tomstuart's @computationbook. Thoroughly enjoyed it, particularly the 2nd half. Lots of ideas to work through now!
— James Adam (@lazyatom) August 4, 2013
Chapters 6 and 7 of the @computationbook by @tomstuart are just plain awesome!!! \o/ #Turing #Conway #Wolfram pic.twitter.com/l9n8DQfhwn
— Antonio Ognio (@gnrfan) August 2, 2013
Regarding that last RT, I highly recommend @tomstuart's book Understanding Computation for all devs, not just Ruby devs.
— Joel Clermont (@jclermont) August 2, 2013
Yoink! +@tomstuart pic.twitter.com/kNNUxO2g9y
— David Thompson (@fatbusinessman) August 2, 2013
All NFAs are DFAs and DFAs can be minimized. Boom! I. **Love.** This. Book. @rubyrogues #understandingcomputation
— James Edward Gray II (@JEG2) July 31, 2013
And now I shuffle off to bed after reading about DFA’s and NFA’s in Understanding Computation. My dreams will rock tonight! :)
— James Edward Gray II (@JEG2) July 30, 2013
Understanding Computation was building it’s own programming language in chapter 2, page 23. The dial is all the way to 11 over here!
— James Edward Gray II (@JEG2) July 30, 2013
At first, a book on computation written in Ruby seems like a pretty bizarre choice. But then I recall how @tomstuart hooked me through Ruby.
— Jonathan Sterling (@jonsterling) July 22, 2013
Finally received my print of @tomstuart's "Understanding Computation." My next tweet will be along the lines of, "You should all read this."
— Levent Ali (@lebreeze) July 22, 2013
Just implementing regexes using automata. "Understanding Computation" is awesome.
— Stephen Ball (@StephenBallNC) July 21, 2013
@meraxes It's my favorite Ruby/CS book of the year. I skipped college, so any accessible CS is novel and exciting for me.
— brian wisti (@brianwisti) July 18, 2013
I can’t wait to apply what I’ve learned in this Ruby book to my Perl code.
— brian wisti (@brianwisti) July 18, 2013
@computationbook is a new addition to my list of all-time favorite programming books.
— sameer borate (@codediesel) July 17, 2013
"Understanding Computation" by @tomstuart feels like "Higher Order Perl" by @mjdominus: a language-specific reminder that code is awesome.
— brian wisti (@brianwisti) July 17, 2013
The problem I have with @tomstuart's book, Understanding Computation, is that it's too damn good.
— Tom Ward (@tomafro) July 15, 2013
Enjoying my commute with chapter 4 of the @computationbook
— Stefan Ritter (@S__Ritter) July 15, 2013
Status: Reading Understanding Computation by Tom Stuart.
— Charl Matthee (@charlmatthee) July 13, 2013
Computer Science Degree, "The Good Parts:" http://t.co/rdK1sCy4by
— Reg Braithwaite (@raganwald) July 11, 2013
Uh oh. pic.twitter.com/sq3E4l4CBq
— James Darling (@abscond) July 11, 2013
First chapter of 'Understanding Computation' by @tomstuart done and well easy. The rest will be this simple, right?
— James Darling (@abscond) July 11, 2013
Passenger on MAD✈FRA saw me reading @tomstuart's "Understanding Computation." His comment? "I figured you were either new or an expert."
— Reg Braithwaite (@raganwald) July 7, 2013
Loving the new book Understanding Computation http://t.co/Er9NUJWaGs
— JonMagic (@jonmagic) July 6, 2013
this is odd… is it… @computationbook right into my #bookshelf? pic.twitter.com/0UEqLLkNlH
— Ricardo Mendes (@locks) July 5, 2013
Reading @computationbook, love it but not easy :-) pic.twitter.com/lsDLurJNRO
— Emanuele DelBono (@emadb) July 5, 2013
"Understanding Computation" arrived. pic.twitter.com/mItRWBbIet
— Klaus Hartl (@carhartl) July 2, 2013
Devblog: Study Notes: Understanding Computation http://t.co/20oiEIhmKr
— Avdi Grimm (@avdi) June 30, 2013
Reading @computationbook, in the sunshine, listening to the new James Holden record. Nice work, Sunday.
— Jamie White (@jgwhite) June 30, 2013
Settling down for the rest of the evening with my copy of *Understanding Computation*: http://t.co/7d737QQpYG
— C J Silverio (@ceejbot) June 25, 2013
Implementing Lambda calculus in Ruby?! What are you waiting for? http://t.co/QpS55X918d
— Andrew Newman (@andrewfnewman) June 25, 2013
Starting the "Programming with Nothing" chapter of Understanding Computation, based on one of my favorite posts ever http://t.co/keLATVbfC1
— Bryan Woods (@bryanwoods) June 24, 2013
Loving how code-heavy Understanding Computation is, even if it is ruby. You should definitely check it out.
— Chris Lewis (@chrslws) June 21, 2013
Some days ago @tomstuart’s “Understanding Computation” book arrived. I started it right away. Wonderful so far #empollones
— Sergio (@porras) June 15, 2013
@carinmeier whole heartedly agree! that book is top of my list of favorites this year.
— Chris Bilson (@cbilson) June 14, 2013
Just finished "Understanding Computation" / 5 stars pic.twitter.com/aYOWQNezbj
— Carin Meier (@carinmeier) June 14, 2013
I'm liking the Understanding Computation book. Teaching formal semantics and parsing using Ruby is slightly ironic but of course still clear
— Brian McKenna (@puffnfresh) June 13, 2013
@mrb_bk @bryanwoods orly? twitter.com/rbxbx/status/3…
— Robert Pitts (@rbxbx) June 11, 2013
Won @tomstuart's "Understanding Computation" in @goruco raffle. Kind of addicted; working through it during test runs, etc.
— Bryan Woods (@bryanwoods) June 11, 2013
Just finished @tomstuart's @computationbook and very fine it is too. What should I read next on type systems?
— Dave Nolan (@davenolan) June 11, 2013
Seriously enjoying Understanding Computation from @oreillymedia Great read for us devs without a formal CompSci bg.oreil.ly/17AHG6g
— dafstone (@dafstone) June 9, 2013
Some hilarious pages in @computationbook twitter.com/peakscale/stat…
— Tim Freeman (@peakscale) June 6, 2013
The ePub of @computationbook is well done: nice display of footnotes, good code rendering with syntax highlighting, retina-ready graphics.
— Sebastian Röder (@sebroeder) June 4, 2013
I’m a few chapters into @computationbook and really enjoying it so far. I recommend it, especially for Rubyists with no CompSci background.
— Drew Neil (@nelstrom) June 3, 2013
@tomstuart Just started reading Understanding Computation. I haven’t been this excited about a book in a long time!
— Larry Marburger (@lmarburger) June 3, 2013
Reading a random page to get a feel for Understanding Computation (congrats @tomstuart!) twitter.com/jpignata/statu…
— John Pignata (@jpignata) June 2, 2013
Finally arrived twitter.com/ntlk/status/34…
— ntlk (@ntlk) June 2, 2013
Homework flic.kr/p/ezyxuY
— James Adam (@lazyatom) June 1, 2013
I'm really enjoying "Understanding Computation" by @tomstuart. We're building a programming language and it's awesome!
— Stephen Ball (@StephenBallNC) May 31, 2013
codon.com/computation-bo… is officially one of my favorite tech books.
— Carin Meier (@carinmeier) May 31, 2013
Time well spent in between parent taxi duties. pic.twitter.com/PXg1sEvlsg
— Carin Meier (@carinmeier) May 30, 2013
I started to read 'Understanding Computation' book. Operational semantics with small-steps implemented in Ruby is a great way to understand
— Riccardo Tacconi (@rtacconi) May 30, 2013
@tomstuart having a lot of fun with Understanding Computation. Thanks a lot!
— Thom Stuart (@mortice) May 28, 2013
Started codon.com/computation-bo… last night. Already fantastic.
— Drew Olson (@drewolson) May 24, 2013
@tomstuart Again, thanks for writing this book. It's ending what is actually years of frustration about not understanding these topics.
— tehgeekmeister (@tehgeekmeister) May 24, 2013
can't recommend @tomstuart's "understanding computation" enough. if you wanna learn about basic language design/computation, check it out.
— tehgeekmeister (@tehgeekmeister) May 24, 2013