That's a good point. Interestingly, it also shows the weakness of the English language as a technique for expressing an idea.
I think there's an unwritten condition in the question:
"What is the single most influential [explicitly programming related] book every programmer should read?"
My guess is that is how most people interpreted the question. Of course, there's no explicit reason to interpret it this way. This just highlights the weakness of human language (that is on a standalone basis, using context human language is probably very powerful).
I think there's an unwritten condition in the question:
"What is the single most influential [explicitly programming related] book every programmer should read?"
My guess is that is how most people interpreted the question. Of course, there's no explicit reason to interpret it this way. This just highlights the weakness of human language (that is on a standalone basis, using context human language is probably very powerful).