Greg Badros's Book Recommendations

Here is a list of books that I have found useful and highly recommend:

C++ Programming

• A Computer Science Tapestry by Owen Astrachan
• The C++ Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrop
• Effective C++: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs by Scott Meyers
• More Effective C++: 35 New Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs by Scott Meyers
• Effective STL by Scott Meyers
• Design Patterns : Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by the Gang of Four (Gamma et al.)

C Programming

• Expert C Programming: Deep C Secrets by Peter van der Linden
• C Traps and Pitfalls by Andrew Koenig
• C: A Reference Manual by Harbison and Steele
• The C Programming Language by Kernighan and Ritchie

Scheme Programming

• The Scheme Programming Language: ANSI Scheme by R. Kent Dybvig
• Scheme and the Art of Programming by George Springer and Daniel P. Freidman

In particular, note that I do not recommend The Little Schemer by Daniel P. Freidman; I dislike the style of the book, though others find it very useful and do like it a lot.

Java Programming

• Java in a Nutshell by David Flanagan
• The Java Programming Language, 2ed. by Arnold and Gosling
• The Elements of Java Style by Al Vermeulen et al.

Programming Languages

• Programming Languages by Ravi Sethi
• Compilers by Alfred Aho
• Handbook of Programming Languages (All 4 volumes) by Peter H. Salus
• Handbook of Programming Languages, Vol. 1 (OO Languages) by Peter H. Salus
• Handbook of Programming Languages, Vol. 2 (Imperative Languages) by Peter H. Salus
• Handbook of Programming Languages, Vol. 3 (Little languages and tools) by Peter H. Salus
• Handbook of Programming Languages, Vol. 4 (Functional Languages) by Peter H. Salus

Linux Internals and More

• Linux Kernel Internals by Michael Beck et al.
• Linux Device Drivers by Alessandro Rubini and Andy Oram

Unix: Shells, Programming, etc.

• Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment by W. Richard Stevens
• Unix Shell Programming by Stephen G. Kochan and Patrick H. Wood
• Learning the Bash Shell by Newham and Rosenblatt

Perl Programming

• Programming Perl (2nd Ed.) by Larry Wall
• Perl Cookbook by Tom Christiansen et al.
• Advanced Perl Programming by Sriram Srinivasan
• Effective Perl Programming: Writing Better Programs With Perl by Joseph N. Hall
• Object Oriented Perl by Damian Conway
• Learning Perl/Tk by Nancy Walsh
• Learning Perl by Schwartz et al.

Project Management (CVS/RCS/SCCS)

• Applying Rcs and Sccs : From Source Control to Project Control by Bolinger and Bronson

Emacs: The One True Editor

• Learning GNU Emacs by Cameron et al.
• Writing GNU Emacs Extensions by Bob Glickstein

HTML, XML, and the Web

• XML: Principles, Tools, and Techniques by Dan Connolly
• XSLT: Programmer's Reference, 2nd Ed. by Michael Kay
• Learning XML by Erik T. Ray
• Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web (2nd Ed.) by Hakon Wium Lie, Bert Bos, and Robert Cailliau
• JavaScript: The Definitive Guide by David Flanagan
• The LaTeX Web Companion by Michel Goossens, Sebastian Rahtz

Windows NT/95/98

• Windows Annoyances by David A. Karp
• Excel 97 Annoyances by Woody Leonhard, et al.
• Windows NT in a Nutshell by Pearce and Scherf

Constraints and Constraint Programming

• Programming with Constraints: An Introduction by Marriott and Stuckey

The Classic Knuth Series (Revised Editions, 1997-1998)

• The Art of Computer Programming: Fundamental Algorithms by Donald Knuth
• The Art of Computer Programming: Seminumerical Algorithms by Donald Knuth
• The Art of Computer Programming: Sorting and Searching by Donald Knuth

Other Computer-related Must-Haves

• Introduction to Algorithms by Cormen, Lieserson, and Rivest

Mathematics and Philosophy

• Godel Escher Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by D. Hofstadter

Other Topics

• Beat the Dealer by Edward O. Thorp
• The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey

Hardware

• Linksys BEFSR41 4-Port Etherfast Cable/DSL Router
• Panasonic DVD-RV31K DVD Video Player with MP3, Black   or   Silver
• Panasonic KXTG2583S 2.4 GHz DSS Cordless Phone

Stephen Walli's Recommendations from Usenix-2001 Talk

• The Silicon Valley Way by Elton Sherwin
• Crossing the Chasm by Geoff Moore
• Five Frogs on a Log by Feldman and Spratt
• The 12 Simple Secrets of Microsoft Management by Dave Theilen

Programming Languages, Summer 1999

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