Doug Lentz on Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:00:19 +0100


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Re: [PLUG] Suggestions for a 'computer science' textbook...



Akintayo Holder wrote:

> My sentiments exactly. I suggest "Programming perl". Light on the hardware, but you get your
> money's worth on philosophy. And this is your one chance to influence your students for life. Open
> their brains to Larry Wall....:-)
> >
> Look for the books that the force upon introductory CS students, these usually cover everything.
>
> not in depth, but some contain resource pointers.
>
> My CS grad program had a course for student
>
> without a CS background .. the books,
> and the course notes should be quite useful. Course notes are generally
> posted on the class web page.
>
> and if his class is anything like mine was i would suggest programming perl.
>
> CLR and Computer Architecture are good but overkill IMHO.
>
> --
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> engines.
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