[Gllug] Recommended Books

[Joel Bernstein]

On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 10:10:18AM +0000, Rich Walker wrote:
> Joel Bernstein <joel at fysh.org> writes:
> 
> > On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 11:16:42PM +0000, Rich Walker wrote:
> >> Secrets and Lies is like Alice in Wonderland for crypto people.
> >
> > I'm not sure I understand that one. Can you explain? Who would Alice in
> > Wonderland be relevant to [ugh, to whom...]? Children?
> 
> Alan Perlis, Epigrams,
> (<http://www-pu.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/users/klaeren/epigrams.html>)
> number 48. 
> 
> >> The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland";
> >> but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.

Hee. I haven't read it since I was a small child. Am I missing much? Is
this just something people like to say, or is it /actually/ relevant to
programmers?

/joel
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