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CSE1303 Computer Science
Semester 2, 2003
Textbooks

The following books will help you to prosper in this subject:

Prescribed texts (these are books that it is strongly recommended that you get):

There are no prescribed texts for this subject, as no single book adequately covers the material. You may still some benefit from the recommended books below.

• The C Programming Language, by Kernighan B and Ritchie D, Second Edition, 1990.
  This book is the best and most comprehensive C language reference, written by the authors of the language. It doesn't cover the algorithms and data structures in this course, but if you are looking for a C reference that will last, this is it.
• Data Structures and Program Design in C, by Kruse R, Tondo C and Leung B. Prentice Hall, 1997.
  This book covers most of the data structures and algorithms, and includes a brief revision of C. The implementations in the book sometimes differ from those in the lecture notes.
• Data Structures using C and C++, by Yedidyah Langsam, Moshe J. Augenstein and Aaron M. Tenenbaum, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, 1990.
  This book covers most of the data structures and algorithms, but may not be as easy to follow as Kruse or cover as much. Similarly, the implementations in the book may differ from those in the lecture notes.
• Data Structures, Algorithms & Software Principles in C, by Thomas A. Standish, Addison Wesley, 1995.
  This book covers most of the data structures and algorithms. It also uses implementations that may differ from the lectures.
• C Programming, A Modern Approach, by K.N. King, Norton, 1996.
  This book is an excellent beginner programming text for C, and is recommended for revision of C. It does not cover most of the algorithms and data structures taught in this subject.
• C: How to program, H.M. Deitel and P.J. Deitel, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 1994
  This is a useful tutorial style introduction to C. This edition is better than the 3rd edition, currently available. It covers some of the algorithms and data structures covered in this subject, but the implementations may differ from those in the lecture notes.

• Structured Computer Organization, by Andrew Tanenbaum. Fourth edition, Prentice Hall. This book is a higher-level exploration of various computer architecture concepts. It does not focus on MIPS, but is good at explaining computers in a comparative fashion.
• Computer Organization and design: The hardware/software Interface, by David Paterson and John Hennessy. Second Edition, Morgan Kaufmann. This book has a very bottom-up approach to the concept of computer architecture. It uses MIPS as the example machine throughout.
• Introduction to RISC Assembly Language Programming, by John Waldron. First edition, Morgan Kaufmann. This book specifically covers programming on a MIPS machine, as is done later in Part B of this subject. Note that some conventions used in this book (e.g., the stack frame) differ from what is taught in CSE1303.

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