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- From: bcrwhims@uwaterloo.ca (Carsten Whimster)
- Subject: Re: Code for common data structures/algorithms?
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- Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 04:34:17 GMT
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- In <4iilp3$m4k@news.inc.net>, Will Flor <willf@rrgroup.com> writes:
- >urquiola@ronin.tiac.net (Michael Urquiola) wrote:
- >>If such a beast exists could someone either.
- >>
- >>a) recomend a book
- >>b) point me to a FTP site
- >>
- >>where I can get sample code that impliments some of the more common data
- >>structures and algorithms. What I want is extremely simple code just so I
- >>can see how these things are written and I can build around. I've learned
- >>about them in classes now I can't figure how to use some of them (ie
- >>sorting, searching, Linked Lists, Graphs, Trees etc).
- >
- >Knuth's _The Art Of Computer Programming_ is just what you're looking
- >for. It's a three-volume set, and not cheap, either - but you really
- >should own a copy. _Algorithms in C_ is OK, too - just make sure you
- >get the latest edition; the earlier edition suffered from some nasty
- >bugs in source listings.
-
- Knuth's book is the bible, but not really a starter book for a starting
- programmer. More of a top-notch reference for professional programmers,
- so perhaps on of Sedgewick's "Algorithms in ..." books is a better bet.
- He has books in this series for C, C++, Modula-3, and I think Pascal.
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