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| From | Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Recommend decent Computer Science books |
| Date | 2012-06-28 01:55 -0400 |
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On Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:00:03 -0700 (PDT), David Thomas
<dthomas86@me.com> declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general:
> Hi I know that this is a group about Python. But I am just wondering if anybody can recommend any introductory/good books on Conputer Science.
>
Ouch... I don't know if I've seen a traditional CompSci text in
decades...
Data Structures & Program Design; Robert L. Kruse; 1984 Prentice
Hall
{did I say "decades" <G>} Covers lists, trees, sorting, hashing, and
searching (and more). I can mention this one as it sits on the bookcase
next to me. It is predated by (and references in one chapter)
Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs; Niklaus Wirth; 1976
Prentice Hall
The book my college used:
Data Structure and Management; Ivan Flores; 1970 Prentice Hall
(though I think I have the 1977 printing/edition in storage)
{Think if I offer mine for $500 and free shipping it would sell?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0131973355/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used
}
Granted, a language like Python hides a lot from one... Why learn
how to implement hash functions and manage searching in a hashed
structure when Python dictionaries do all that for you -- and with
arbitrary associated values instead of fixed-format records.
Then, if you really feel masochistic, add in Gio Wiederhold's
database and/or file-system books:
Database Design 2nd; G. W.; 1983 McGraw-Hill
File Organization for Database Design; G. W.; 1987 McGraw-Hill
SQL barely existed; and relational database systems were mostly
experimental... a lot of information on hierarchical and network
systems, with a lot of time spent on how to actually store the data for
retrieval (ISAM, trees, other index schemes).
--
Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN
wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/
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Recommend decent Computer Science books David Thomas <dthomas86@me.com> - 2012-06-27 14:00 -0700
Re: Recommend decent Computer Science books Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-06-28 08:46 +1000
Re: Recommend decent Computer Science books Greg <gsulser@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 20:26 -0700
Re: Recommend decent Computer Science books rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 21:15 -0700
Re: Recommend decent Computer Science books Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-06-28 01:55 -0400
Re: Recommend decent Computer Science books David Thomas <dthomas86@me.com> - 2012-06-28 07:35 -0700
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