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Re: [hack-and-tell] Confusing subject matter in Programming/Computing

From: Marianne
Sent on: Sunday, October 12, 2014, 12:33 PM
Thanks I will check this out! The description on Amazon hits on one of my enduring frustrations with these types of books though: why do authors write language specific example code for books on general topics? Is it really better to provide examples in C/Java/

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On Oct 11, 2014, at 10:08 AM, David Branner <[address removed]> wrote:

On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Marianne <[address removed]> wrote:
I've been really struggling with more advanced data structures. I mean I understand Btrees for example but I wish there was a good resource for explaining in plain English what problems these things can solve and what the code actually looks like.

-Marianne

For this purpose, may I recommend Heineman, Pollice, and Selkow, Algorithms in a Nutshell, O'Reilly, 2009. It's the book of this kind that most ideally combines clarity, conciseness, and remarks on application. It's not big on the more advanced data structures, but they are covered here and there.

- David Branner 




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