[Shacs] (end of) summer reading list

[Bronius Motekaitis]

http://grok-code.com/11/the-top-9-in-a-hackers-bookshelf/
A lot of cross-post titles there..

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 11:07 PM, Sean Duckett <sduckett at shsu.edu> wrote:

> All good books, Dr. Mac,
>
> I'll expand the set by mentioning:
>
> The Practice of Programming, by Kernighan & Pike
> Hacker's Delight, by Henry Warren
> Software Tools,, by Kernighan & Plaugher
> Metamagical Themas, by Douglas Hofstadter
>
> (btw, A + D = P is on my list...)
>
> Of course, my "newthought-bias" stands, but only within the footprints
> of giants.
>
> --smd.
>
> P.S:
> Any ideas on Vol. 4 of Knuth?  The fasciles have been released in part,
> but I've not had the chance to read them (yet..).
>
> * Dr. Tim McGuire <csc_tjm at shsu.edu> [2008-08-18 13:16:17 -0500]:
>
> > 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?
> >>
> >> -bronius
> >>
> >>
> >>
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