[thelist] Book: Principles of Programming
Daniel J. Cody
djc at starkmedia.com
Thu Sep 6 11:59:04 CDT 2001
Frank -
I'd *highly* recommend the legendary writings of Donald Knuth,
specifically The Art of Computer Programming(*the* book by which all
others are measured) and Selected Papers on the Analysis of Algorithms.
Also good is Ronald Graham with Concrete Mathematics : A Foundation for
Computer Science which will get you a good insight into the basis of
algorithms as they relate to computers..
there are hundreds more, but those should get you started :)
.djc.
Frank wrote:
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>
> Can anyone recommend a good book that will explain the theoretical
> basics of programming in a language/environment neutral way? There are
> so many principles that can be taken to the Nth degree, from simple
> recursion to lazy algorithms, that a university educated comp-sci person
> would know, but a self-taught person might not think to look up.
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