From a review comment: The highlight, and in my opinion success, of this book is the fact that no "real" programming language is used to notate any examples. R

From a review comment: The highlight, and in my opinion success, of this book is the fact that no "real" programming language is used to notate any examples. Rather, Dr. Shackelford, along with other TA's of recent past, devised a pseudo-language which encapsulates many elements of previous educational languages (such as Pascal); naturally, this language is not vulnerable to obsolescence. Also, since this language can not be practically compiled, the reader is forced to trace through examples on his or her own, building his or her skills in mentally evaluating algorithms. http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Computing-Algorithms-Russel-Shackelford/dp/0201314517 http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Computing-Algorithms-Russ...