X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=PersonalEducation;h=644fb8867d6000368a1c4b7291e248656453346c;hp=0510f0dbff25a3b67dcf5cc0ba6722e40b09a7f6;hb=9db55d8c9dd0d8e1129960962e3e6f8906d15055;hpb=436d8fd093c6bf65b78eb78eaf3cfe13e15bf621 diff --git a/PersonalEducation b/PersonalEducation index 0510f0d..644fb88 100644 --- a/PersonalEducation +++ b/PersonalEducation @@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ === Non-formal studies and self-teaching === -Over the years, I compesated for lack of university-grade 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, @@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ being a good customer of the local libraries: * **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.