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 === Non-formal studies and self-teaching ===
 
-I made up for lack of good formal education by being a good customer of the local libraries:
+To compensate for the lack of good formal education, I became a good customer of the local libraries:
 
- * **Compilers**, reading several textbooks such as CompilersPrinciplesTechniquesAndTools,
+ * **Compilers**, reading plenty of textbooks such as CompilersPrinciplesTechniquesAndTools,
  and many others.
 
  * **Algorithms** -- many, including classics such as DonaldKnuth's bible TheArtOfComputerProgramming,
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  * **Programming Techniques** -- Countless.  Such as SeePlusPlusTemplateMetaprogramming
  and the controversial ModernSeePlusPlusDesign by AndreiAlexandrescu.
- My absolute favourite is BrianKernighan's and RobPike's ThePracticeOfProgramming.
+ My absolute favourite is Brian Kernighan's and Rob Pike's [[http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/tpop/ | The Practice of Programming]].
 
  * **Software Architecture and Design** -- All the "must-read" classics such as
  GangOfFour's DesignPatterns, UmlDistilled and UmlDesignPatterns.