[Shacs] (end of) summer reading list

[Bronius Motekaitis]

Thanks, The, I'll wait for it with bated breath.
-bronius

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Burris, David <CSC_DSB at shsu.edu> wrote:

> The Burris will share as the plan for domination unfolds!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shacs-bounces at shsu.edu [mailto:shacs-bounces at shsu.edu] On Behalf Of
> Sean Duckett
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 10:47 PM
> To: Bronius Motekaitis
> Cc: SHACS
> Subject: Re: [Shacs] (end of) summer reading list
>
> 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."
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