X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=PersonalEducation;h=f3c37b511dd7d43d35230c17cf8c14a450547dfe;hp=0e503a9478718a3b7a1467eb8d8c3d928e83af5f;hb=8f761e538373f5961d41b604f72575e3660ab6ee;hpb=609886b0369055a7c085cf84be7db2e1c582fee2 diff --git a/PersonalEducation b/PersonalEducation index 0e503a9..f3c37b5 100644 --- a/PersonalEducation +++ b/PersonalEducation @@ -14,15 +14,14 @@ === Non-formal studies and self-teaching === -Over the years I tried to compensate for lack of proper university-grade -education by making the local libraries much richer: +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, CambridgeUniversityPress's NumericalRecipes and NicholasWirth's ancient, but still -brillant, "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs". + brilliant, "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs". * **Operating Systems** -- Too many to mention here, most of which quite theoretical and boring. Of course, my favorite will always be AdvancedProgrammingInTheUnixEnvironment.