From: bernie Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 06:33:16 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Edit page PersonalEducation X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=wiki.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=7a093eb39c0763fcea800ae6d012217b32440810;hp=215341687a25a88d0466799262da71bd1b3d49ac Edit page PersonalEducation --- diff --git a/PersonalEducation b/PersonalEducation index 2d70988..724931f 100644 --- a/PersonalEducation +++ b/PersonalEducation @@ -12,20 +12,21 @@ 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 === +=== Reading List === -To compensate for the lack of good academic institutions in the '90s, I became a good customer of the local bookstores: +My favorite books of computer science and software engineering: * **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". - +o * **Operating Systems** -- Too many to mention here, most of which were quite - theoretical and boring. My favorite will always be AdvancedProgrammingInTheUnixEnvironment. + theoretical and boring. My favorite will always be [[http://www.apuebook.com/|Advanced Programming In The Unix Environment]] by Richard Stevens. + I also recommend [[http://catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/|The Art of Unix Programming]]. - * **Networking** -- Several books, including TcpIpIllustrated. RFCs and technical papers. + * **Networking** -- My favorite is the immortal [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP/IP_Illustrated | TCP/IP Illustrated]] trilogy. * **Programming Languages** -- All the obvious textbooks such as BjarneStroustrup's SeePlusPlusProgrammingLanguage, and many others like the old SeeProgrammingLanguage,