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Essential Coding Theory [pdf]

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373 points ibobev | 1 comments | 29 Aug 25 15:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.22s | source
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zero-sharp ◴[29 Aug 25 16:57 UTC] No.45066561[source]▶
interesting topic, but essential for who?
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1. roadside_picnic ◴[29 Aug 25 18:27 UTC] No.45067706[source]▶
"Essential" in contexts like this typically means "for this topic, here's what would be considered a strong foundation without diving into the weeds".

Friedman and Wand's Essentials of Programming Languages isn't 'essential' for everyone, even for programmers, it represents the 'essential' parts of programming language theory. If you read and understand that book you can have a serious conversation with anyone on that topic.

Similarly Essential Statistical Inference would imply a book that teaches you everything you need to know about statistical inference to do meaningful work in that area.

So the claim here is, assuming you want to understand Coding theory, then you'll be in a good place to discuss it after you read this book.