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No, I kept almost all of them. I bet that out of maybe 40 textbooks, I've used maybe 4 - all programming-related (Programming Pearls, Numerical Recipes, some algorithm texts). I also have hundreds of non-textbooks sitting in boxes now.

Doing it all over again today with what's available online, I'd get rid of almost every book after I was done with it. They are so easy to replace that it's not worth the hassle and storage. Think of Amazon / eBay as your book storage mechanism.




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