[Shacs] (end of) summer reading list

[Sean Duckett]

No bias, really, just that it's hard to find older books @ the local Half
Price Books, and the selection on Amazon ain't what it used to be.

That said, I just got _Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages and
Computation_ for $5 shipped...which should keep me busy until _Real
World Haskell_ is shipped. 


--smd.

"Java is the Ford Taurus of programming languages: sure, it'll get you 
there, but it's neither fast nor attractive" 
        -- J. Hill


* Bronius Motekaitis <bronius.motekaitis at gmail.com> [2008-08-13 22:17:23 -0500]:

> I sense a little bias with the more up-to-date titles.. I read an interview
> in a recent InformationWeek with a mathematician who made reference to "the
> classics," and I remembered that Dr Burris would go on and on about a couple
> title in particular.
> 
> Well, his name appearing in a thread twice (now thrice) hasn't caught his
> attn, but maybe this will: I met a guy here in town that used to work for
> Boeing doing contract work for NASA, and he worked in (did he say python? I
> don't recall) and Ada.  A young guy!  What is this world coming to??
> 
> -bronius
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Sean Duckett <sduckett at shsu.edu> wrote:
> 
> > * Bronius Motekaitis <bronius.motekaitis at gmail.com> [2008-08-13 09:37:35
> > -0500]:
> >
> > > Dr Burris-
> > > What would you say are "the classics" in computer science lit?
> > >
> > > -bronius
> >
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> > I'm not Dr Burris (even though I play him on TV), but here's my
> > presently devaluted $0.02:
> >
> >
> >  * The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
> >  * The Zen of Programming
> >  * Code Complete
> >  * Working Effectively with Legacy Code
> >  * The Design and Implementation of the 4.4 BSD Operating System (and
> >   The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System)
> >  * Things Computer Scientists Rarely Think About (Knuth talks
> >   calligraphy and religion)
> >
> >
> > --smd.
> > "... an experienced, industrious, ambitious, and often quite often
> > picturesque liar."