computer science

Bookreview: Python scripting for computational science

Python scripting for computational science is an unusually good textbook. The author goes straight to the point without beating around the bush and the book is full of simple to understand examples.

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Bookreview: Syntactic Theory: A Formal Introduction, 2nd Edition

If you actually want to learn syntactic theory this is a good book. However, it's main focus would be for machine use. The methods presented are typical "paper and pencil" methods.

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Bookreview: Operating systems - a systematic view

This book covers everything from the mundane, like how the file explorer in Windows XP works, to the complex, like how the scheduler works in UNIX-systems.

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Bookreview: Learning GNU emacs

Learning GNU emacs is the best textbook available teaching emacs - the best editor there is. Both beginners and experienced emacs users will find this book useful.

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Bookreview: Innføring i datakommunikasjon

This is something as unusual as a sucsessful Norwegian computer book. The authors have done a great job writing this book. It's very informative, you learn what you need to learn.

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Bookreview: C Programming Language

"C Programming Language" is a book you either will love or hate. The style of writing is quite special, but it's quite obvious that the book was written by smart people.

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Bookreview: Programming Perl

“Programming perl” is a book any perl programmer must have on his or her shelf. The book is written as a textbook and takes you from the simplest introduction to perl to hyperadvanced