Comment on Dijkstra on the cruelty of really teaching computing science (1988)parentComments−drothlis16yIn a similar vein is Elements of Programming by Alexander Stepanov (designer of the C++ STL) and Paul McJones: http://www.elementsofprogramming.com/book.html−limist16y@jhck, drothlis: Thank you very much to both of you, those suggestions are exactly what was asked for. I'd upvote you more if I could. :)Both the Gries book and Stepanov's book have really impressive reviews on Amazon, am looking forward to diving into them.http://www.amazon.com/Science-Programming-Monographs-Compute...http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Programming-Alexander-Stepano...
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In a similar vein is Elements of Programming by Alexander Stepanov (designer of the C++ STL) and Paul McJones: http://www.elementsofprogramming.com/book.html
@jhck, drothlis: Thank you very much to both of you, those suggestions are exactly what was asked for. I'd upvote you more if I could. :)
Both the Gries book and Stepanov's book have really impressive reviews on Amazon, am looking forward to diving into them.
http://www.amazon.com/Science-Programming-Monographs-Compute...
http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Programming-Alexander-Stepano...