[mempko]

If you are passionate about programming and and computer science, this is the book to read. It's like Euclid's elements, but for programming.

[laurent_du]

Euclid's Elements is absolutely not a useful book for the contemporary.

[WillAdams]

I've found it useful as a grounding, and reference, and authoritative definition source, so I refer to:

https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/elements.htm...

when writing:

https://willadams.gitbook.io/design-into-3d/2d-drawing

[mempko]

You missed the point. Euclid's elements is a beautiful work that is incredibly well structured. It has served an important purpose in math. Elements of programming is like Euclid's elements in this way.