Meh. I'm not convinced. I've only read one book on his list of books programmers have actually read and have read more than half of the books (not AOCP or Dragon Book) on the list of book programmers haven't actually read.
I've not even heard of a few of the ones on the first list.
CLRS is a reasonable introduction to computer science, not programming. It starts off with basic concepts of the math in CS and then sorting algorithms -- just like any decent intro to CS course / book.
The C++ Programming Language is definitely not for language implementors. For that there's a (fairly accessible) language specification that's also published in book form, which is also useful as a reference for things which are out of scope for the The C++ Programming Language. It is, however, not a good intro book, and honestly, not a great reference book either. It's just that it's somewhat more comprehensive than other references.
I've not even heard of a few of the ones on the first list.
CLRS is a reasonable introduction to computer science, not programming. It starts off with basic concepts of the math in CS and then sorting algorithms -- just like any decent intro to CS course / book.
The C++ Programming Language is definitely not for language implementors. For that there's a (fairly accessible) language specification that's also published in book form, which is also useful as a reference for things which are out of scope for the The C++ Programming Language. It is, however, not a good intro book, and honestly, not a great reference book either. It's just that it's somewhat more comprehensive than other references.