Re: whats good to read on programming

From	Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.programming
Subject	Re: whats good to read on programming
Date	2016-03-12 20:05 +0000
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ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:

> Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> writes:
>>These may seem a bit dated since I read them quite some time ago, but I
>>think my favourite books on programming are the pair of collected CACM
>>columns by Jon Bentely: "Programming Pearls" and "More Programming
>>Pearls".  I see there is a new edition of the first with new
>>material...
>
>   The Art Of Computer Programming
>   Design Patterns by Gamma, et. al.
>   Refactoring by Martin Fowler
>   Applying UML and Patterns, 3rd Ed. by Craig Larman
>   Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs 
>   Dragon Book by Aho et al.
>   Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs
>   Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
>   Structured Systems Analysis (DeMarco)
>   Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture by Fowler
>   Object Oriented Software Construction by Bertrand Meyer
>   Object Oriented Software Engineering by Ivar Jacobson
>   Code Complete, 2nd Ed. by Steve McConnell
>   Test-Driven Development by Kent Beck
>   The Pragmatic Programmer by Andrew Hunt
>   The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick Brooks
>   Domain Driven Design by Eric Evans
>   Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael Feathers

I, for one, will not have the enthusiasm to read a long list of books
like this (I've read only five of them so far).

A more interesting question would be what is your favourite book ever
about the subject of programming either in general or some specific
aspect thereof?

-- 
Ben.

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whats good to read on programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-03-12 08:58 -0800
  Re: whats good to read on programming Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-03-12 19:15 +0000
    Re: whats good to read on programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-03-12 11:36 -0800
      Re: whats good to read on programming Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-03-12 19:59 +0000
        Re: whats good to read on programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-03-12 12:07 -0800
          Re: whats good to read on programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-03-12 12:19 -0800
            Re: whats good to read on programming Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-03-12 20:26 +0000
              Re: whats good to read on programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-03-12 12:32 -0800
          Re: whats good to read on programming Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-03-12 20:23 +0000
    Re: whats good to read on programming Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-03-12 20:05 +0000
      Re: whats good to read on programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-03-12 12:13 -0800
      Re: whats good to read on programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-03-12 12:29 -0800
      Re: whats good to read on programming Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-03-12 22:06 +0000
        Re: whats good to read on programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-03-12 15:56 -0800
    Re: whats good to read on programming Kaz Kylheku <330-706-9395@kylheku.com> - 2016-03-13 02:08 +0000
      Re: whats good to read on programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-03-13 00:10 -0800
        Re: whats good to read on programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-03-13 00:19 -0800
    Re: whats good to read on programming "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-03-13 11:24 -0600
      Re: whats good to read on programming Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-03-13 23:51 +0000
  Re: whats good to read on programming Mark Carroll <mtbc@bcs.org> - 2016-03-12 19:45 +0000
    Re: whats good to read on programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-03-12 11:57 -0800
    Re: whats good to read on programming fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2016-03-12 11:59 -0800
    Re: whats good to read on programming Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2016-03-12 14:35 -0600
  Re: whats good to read on programming Randy Howard <rhoward.mx@EverybodyUsesIt.com> - 2016-03-12 14:35 -0600
  Re: whats good to read on programming Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk> - 2016-03-13 15:47 +0100

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