Looking for forums about computer science books -- explanations and errata

[goahead97]

TL;DR Summary

forum with reference to particular explanations provided by computer science books, papers, etc

Hello

Does anyone know any computer science forum that has a focus on the following topics?

- questions about the understanding of particular explanations provided by computer science books, papers, etc

- the possible errors these documents' contents might have and the corrections they might need

- sharing errata sheets of these documents

Thanks

 

[Mark44]

Does anyone know any computer science forum that has a focus on the following topics?
- questions about the understanding of particular explanations provided by computer science books, papers, etc

I'm not aware of any such forum. The best advice I can give is that when you find an explanation of some topic that isn't clear, do a web search for that topic and see if someone else gives a better explanation.

- the possible errors these documents' contents might have and the corrections they might need

Most computer science textbook publishers acknowledge that there might be typos, and ask readers to report them. They usually publish the URL of a site with errata for known errors. These usually appear in the front pages of the textbook.

- sharing errata sheets of these documents

I don't know of any sites that have lists of the errors in CS books. There are a lot of CS books out there, so it would be a daunting task to list the errata for exiting books and keep it updated with newly published books.

 

[yungman]

I am learning C++, I studied mostly on my own(not going to school) in all the subjects. I find the best way is to buy like 4 books in every subject I study. Not all books are good in explaining every topic in the matter, some books are good in one topic and sucks on the others, you have 4 books, it will give you a reasonable confidence on what you learn and understand.

Things particular in CS are changing everyday, books that first come out must be full of mistakes, typos and all, good luck in getting an errata, they just publish a later edition to try to correct the mistakes.

Also, go on line and read, that's the best way to double check. don't waste time looking for authors putting out erratas. The changes are so fast by the time the erratas are out, it's obsoleted already!Last but not the least, if you buy books, don't look at Amazon ratings, look up what colleges are using. If it is for learning, ask community colleges and not the famous universities, chances are the books they use are better and easier for self studying.