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This is one of the best books regarding algorithms. Its brevity and clarity makes for an enjoyable read, as are the implementations in Pascal/Oberon. Probably i
by sb 16y ago
This is one of the best books regarding algorithms. Its brevity and clarity makes for an enjoyable read, as are the implementations in Pascal/Oberon. Probably its only downside is the lacking treatment of graphs, but IMHO this is only a downside, because it would certainly be interesting to see how Niklaus Wirth would have explained this topic.
I have recommended it on HN at least once before, and I find it fills nicely into the "algorithm canon" of AHU and CLR. Whenever I have time to ponder or want to know something in depth, I consult one of these books in that order (i.e., AD->AHU->CLR).
- sudhirc 16y ago"AHU --> CLR" Would you mind expanding these abbreviations?
- jefffoster 16y agoThey are both algorithm books and the initials are the last names of the authors. AHU is "The Design and Analysis of Computer Algorithms" by Aho, Hopcroft and Ullman. CLR is "Introduction to Algorithms" by Cormen, Leiserson and Rivest
- sudhirc 16y agothanks a lot
- kingkilr 16y agoCLR has been "replaced" by CLRS (added an author, can't recall his/her name).
- shawnmorel 16y agoClifford Stein http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Stein http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Stein
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