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From: jim@hoptoad.uucp (Jim Joyce)
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Subject: Jon Bentley's Programming Pearls book--a review
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Date: Tue, 15-Apr-86 21:18:24 EST
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Summary: This is a great book for programming wisdom


     "Programming Pearls" originated as columns by the  same
title  in  "Communications  of  the  ACM." Here problems are
grains of sand around which the oyster (programmer)  creates
a pearl of a solution.  These columns about creative problem
solving are pretty much as they appeared, with  some  expan-
sion  and revison.  The tone of each column (chapter), as in
the original version, remains exciting, fun, and a sure-cure
for programming blahs.  Whenever you are bored with program-
ming -- and only professionals get bored with programming --
open this and regain your ingenuety [sic, accents not working].

        Table of Contents for "Programming Pearls"
     (Figure in parentheses indicates length in pages)

     Part I:     Preliminaries (2)
         1       Cracking the Oyster (8)
         2       Aha!  Algorithms (11)
         3       Data Structures Programs (12)
         4       Writing Correct Programs (14)
     Part II:    Performance (2)
         5       Perspective on Performance (7)
         6       The Back of the Envelope (10)
         7       Algorithm Design Techniques (12)
         8       Code Tuning (12)
         9       Squeezing Space (12)
     Part III:   The Product (1)
        10       Sorting (10)
        11       Searching (8)
        12       Heaps (13)
        13       A Spelling Checker (12)
     Epilog (3)
     Appendix:  Catalog of Algorithms (4)
     Hints for Selected Problems (4)
     Solutions to Selected Problems (25)
     Index (7)