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From: peter@ficc.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Cynic's Guide, part 5:  Bookshelf
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Date: 17 May 88 14:12:35 GMT
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In article <2768@Shasta.STANFORD.EDU>, neff@Shasta.UUCP writes:
> Software Engineering:
> 	Mythical Man Month  ... Fred Brooks
> 	Software Tools [in Pascal]  ... B.W. Kernighan and Plaugher

Personally I prefer the original. They didn't make any real changes to
any of the algorithms (they still emulate recursion in a language that
supports it directly), and the remove the Ratfor translator (a very
nice piece of code... and about the only good reference to large op.
precedence parsers I've found).

> Algorithms:
> 	The Art of Computer Programming (three vols) ... Donald Knuth

I don't have these. I find Horowitz and Sahni much more practical
in real life.

> 	Fundamentals of Computer Algorithms ... Horowitz and Sahni
	Fundamentals of Data Structures ... Horowitz and Sahni

> Operating Systems:
> 	(can't think of definitive book)

How about Comer (the XINU book), or Bach (the UNIX internals book)? Not
very broad, but both pretty deep. You're right... no real frontrunners
here...

> 
> Compilers:
> 	Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools ... Aho, Sethi and Ullman

Or an earlier version such as "Principles of compiler design".

> User Interface:
> 	(can't think of definitive book or any book here)

The Smalltalk collection is very useful.

> Science Fiction:
> 	Shockwave Rider ... John Brunner
> 	Moon is a Harsh Mistress  ... Robert A. Heinlein

No way. All the good quotes are already in Brooks.

> 	True Names ... Verner Vinge

> What other topics should be included?

Realtime/SCADA would be nice. Read any good books lately?
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