X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=PersonalEducation;h=644fb8867d6000368a1c4b7291e248656453346c;hp=e0b4f8c55ee036111cfa1c8d619adf4c3adfdc5f;hb=6c6da616fb59dd7f3e3a2acc4368db3dc2390c14;hpb=bab8fca3157c07c9b0dec93913ccdd8bff7ea259 diff --git a/PersonalEducation b/PersonalEducation index e0b4f8c..644fb88 100644 --- a/PersonalEducation +++ b/PersonalEducation @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ === 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, @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ I made up for lack of good formal education by being a good customer of the loca * **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.