Xref: utzoo comp.edu:2698 comp.software-eng:2492 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!uunet!pdn!dinsdale!reggie From: reggie@dinsdale.nm.paradyne.com (George W. Leach) Newsgroups: comp.edu,comp.software-eng Subject: Re: CS education Message-ID: <6770@pdn.paradyne.com> Date: 22 Nov 89 12:47:18 GMT References: <7036@hubcap.clemson.edu> <7046@hubcap.clemson.edu> <603@banyan.UUCP> <5486@nucleus.UUCP> <1989Nov21.165024.2840@world.std.com> Sender: usenet@pdn.paradyne.com Reply-To: reggie@dinsdale.paradyne.com (George W. Leach) Organization: AT&T Suncoast Division, Largo FL Lines: 41 In article <1989Nov21.165024.2840@world.std.com> madd@world.std.com (jim frost) writes: >I haven't finished this thread so I'm not sure if this has been >covered, but if you haven't read Brooks' _Mythical Man Month_ you >really, really should. It's number one on my required reading list. Other relevant books: (1) Programming in the large: Gerald M. Weinberg, The Psychology of Computer Programming, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1971. (2) Programming in the small: Brian W. Kernighan, and P.J. Plauger, The Elements of Programming Style, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1978. Jon Louis Bentley, Writing Efficient Programs, Prentice-Hall, 1982. Jon Bentley, Programming Pearls, Addison-Wesley, 1986. Jon Bentley, More Programming Pearls, Addison-Wesley, 1988. Brian W. Kernighan, and P.J. Plauger, Software Tools, Addison-Wesley, 1976. George W. Leach AT&T Paradyne (uunet|att)!pdn!reggie Mail stop LG-133 Phone: 1-813-530-2376 P.O. Box 2826 FAX: 1-813-530-8224 Largo, FL 34649-2826 USA