[Shacs] (end of) summer reading list

Dr. Tim McGuire csc_tjm at shsu.edu
Mon Aug 18 13:16:17 CDT 2008


McGuire's list is as follows (in no particular order);

The Art of Computer Programming, vol. 1-3, by Knuth
The Relational Model for Database Management, by E.F. Codd
Essays in Computing Science, by C.A.R. Hoare, et al
The Elements of Programming Style, by Kernighan and Plauger
Writing Efficient Programs, by Jon Bentley
Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools, by Aho, Sethi, and Ullman
Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs by  N. Wirth
The Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms, by Aho, Hopcroft, and Ullman
The Mythical Man-Month, by Fred Brooks
Godel, Escher, and Bach, by Douglas Hofstadter
Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation, by Hopcroft 
and Ullman.
Computers and Intractability, by Garey and Johnson
The C Programming Language, by Kernighan and Ritchie
The Unix Programming Environment, by Kernighan and Pike
Computer Power and Human Reason, by Joseph Weizenbaum




Bronius Motekaitis wrote:

> Dr Burris-
> What would you say are "the classics" in computer science lit?
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> -bronius
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-- 
Timothy J. McGuire, Ph.D.
Department of Computer Science
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas  77341-2090
(936)294-1571	mcguire at shsu.edu	http://www.shsu.edu/~csc_tjm/





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