From: bernie Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 19:38:05 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Edit page PersonalEducation X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=3e565c31766993d25386fab191264da95489a7ab Edit page PersonalEducation --- diff --git a/PersonalEducation b/PersonalEducation index 2666826..2d70988 100644 --- a/PersonalEducation +++ b/PersonalEducation @@ -9,25 +9,23 @@ enterprise networking. * [[http://www.itcvolta.it/it/default.asp | Istituto Tecnico-Commerciale Alessandro Volta]] -- High-school diploma - in **Mathematics and Computer Science** with a rating of **56 out of 60**. - This course included a good amount of **Electronic Engineering**. + in **Mathematics and Computer Science** with a rating of **56 out of 60**. + The track included good amounts of **Electric Engineering**. === Non-formal studies and self-teaching === To compensate for the lack of good academic institutions in the '90s, I became a good customer of the local bookstores: - * **Compilers**, reading plenty of textbooks such as CompilersPrinciplesTechniquesAndTools, - and many others. + * **Compilers** -- textbooks such as CompilersPrinciplesTechniquesAndTools and several others. * **Algorithms** -- many, including classics such as DonaldKnuth's bible TheArtOfComputerProgramming, - CambridgeUniversityPress's NumericalRecipes and NicholasWirth's ancient, but still - 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. - - * **Networking** -- Several books, including TcpIpIllustrated, several RFCs and - technical papers. + CambridgeUniversityPress's NumericalRecipes and NicholasWirth's ancient, but still brilliant, + "Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs". + + * **Operating Systems** -- Too many to mention here, most of which were quite + theoretical and boring. My favorite will always be AdvancedProgrammingInTheUnixEnvironment. + + * **Networking** -- Several books, including TcpIpIllustrated. RFCs and technical papers. * **Programming Languages** -- All the obvious textbooks such as BjarneStroustrup's SeePlusPlusProgrammingLanguage, and many others like the old SeeProgrammingLanguage,