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First post on HN, but after reading about 50 pages of this book since morning I feel it really deserves a praise. I'm a student working on a metaheuristic focused MSc thesis, and I find this book as an invaluable summary of most methods presented in literature.

I do not agree at all with remarks about code samples, pseudo code is all the topic needs. Real code would just make things more complex (and not understandable to a reader not familiar with the programming language of choice), without much of an added benefit.

Not sure about exercises either, given the focus of the book. I really think the book is very clearly written, but I must admit I already have a somewhat decent background in the main topic.

Anyways, thanks!