Writing Efficient Programs

by Jon L. Bentley

WRITING EFFICIENT PROGRAMS JON LOUIS BENTLEY The photo is the actual copy you are bidding on and it is shipped bagged and boarded for its protection. BOX 8

Genres: Programming, Computer Science, Computers, Technical, Technology

170 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1982

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

"I originally saw this book as a pre-print for a class taught by Jon on software engineering. I was deeply influenced by the four fundamentals rules: code simplification, problem simplification, relentless suspicion, and early binding which first appeared Elements Programming Style (which I have never read... much to my shame). I can see the influence of this book on every major piece of code I have written as well as how I approach systems which need to be sped up. My single biggest take away was to focus my attention on what will make the biggest difference. For example, if a program is spending all it's time in IO, don't improve the sorting algorithm, go after the IO subsystem."

[Aristos Aresti · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not nearly as good as Programming Pearls.