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From: cml@care.cs.umd.edu (Christopher Lott)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: S/E Reading List (input for FAQ)
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Date: 9 May 91 18:43:58 GMT
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I would like to have a list of required reading for budding
software engineers included in the FAQ.  Dr. Lamb suggested
that I post to get more input, then he'd include it.  Please
email; I'll summarize.


So, from some old postings, here's my list:


   >From: reggie@dinsdale.nm.paradyne.com (George W. Leach)
   Date: 22 Nov 89 12:47:18 GMT
	(1) Programming in the large:

		Gerald M. Weinberg,
		The Psychology of Computer Programming,
		Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1971.
		ISBN 0-442-29264-3.

		Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.,
		The Mythical Man-Month,
		Addison Wesley, 1978.
		ISBN 0-201-00650-2
	
	(2) Programming in the small:

		Brian W. Kernighan, and P.J. Plauger,
		The Elements of Programming Style,
		Second Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1978.
		ISBN 0-07-034207-5.

		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.


   >From: bturner@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Bill Turner)
   Date: 27 Nov 89 18:34:51 GMT

		Donald A. Norman,
		The Psychology of Everyday Things.
		ISBN 0-465-06709-3.


   >From: perlman@capybara.cis.ohio-state.edu (Gary Perlman)
   Date: 1 Jun 89 17:47:35 GMT

		Dijkstra's    A Discipline of Programming
		Boehm's       SE Economics

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