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Title: One of the worst textbooks
Review: One has to read reviews of textbooks with a great deal of skepticism. The students reviewing it are often struggling with the material and shift at least some of the blame to the textbook. Another common complaint about this specific subject is the text does not cover enough topics. To me, neither of these apply here.The book truly is terrible in and of itself. The text does not flow, the examples are poorly written, and the whole is largely incomprehensible. This is neither a good reference nor a useful didactic text.I recommendAlgorithms[Johnsonbaugh & Schaefer; 2003] first, as it's a clear text and the pseudocode is quite readable. My second recommendation would beIntroduction to Algorithms[Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest, and Stein; 2009].I had this text in graduate school. I have not looked at it again. Nearly 10 years, and this text stands out as the worst I've ever had.
