List of popular programming book acronyms
AIMA =
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Stuart Russell and
PeterNorvig
AMOP =
TheArtOfTheMetaObjectProtocol by
GregorKiczales, Jim Des Rivieres and Daniel G. Bobrow
ATTAPL =
AdvancedTopicsInTypesAndProgrammingLanguages by
BenjaminPierce
AWDWR =
AgileWebDevelopmentWithRails by
DaveThomas and David Heinemeier Hansson
EOPL =
EssentialsOfProgrammingLanguages by
DanielFriedman and Mitchell Wand
CLR =
IntroductionToAlgorithms, first edition, by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest
CLRS =
IntroductionToAlgorithms, second or third edition, by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson,
RonaldRivest, and Cliff Stein
CLtL =
CommonLispTheLanguage by
GuySteele
- CLtL1 or CLtL2 indicate the first and second editions respectively.
CMath =
ConcreteMathematics by
RonGraham,
DonKnuth, and Oren Patashnik
CS:APP =
Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective by Randal E. Bryant and David R. O'Halloran
CTM =
ConceptsTechniquesAndModelsOfComputerProgramming by
PeterVanRoy and Seif Haridi
GoF =
DesignPatternsBook by
ErichGamma,
RichardHelm,
RalphJohnson, and
JohnVlissides (acronym means
GangOfFour, referring to the authors)
GOOS -
Growing Object-Oriented Software Guided by Tests by
SteveFreeman and
NatPryce
HOP =
Higher-Order Perl by
MarkJasonDominus
HTDP =
HowToDesignPrograms by
MatthiasFelleisen, Robert Bruce Findler, Matthew Flatt and Shriram Krishnamurthi
K&R =
The C Programming Language (
KernighanAndRitchie) by
BrianKernighan and
DennisRitchie
LiSP =
LispInSmallPieces by
ChristianQueinnec
LL =
LessonsLearnedInSoftwareTesting by
CemKaner,
JamesBach and
BretPettichord
PAIP =
ParadigmsOfArtificialIntelligenceProgramming by
PeterNorvig
PCL =
PracticalCommonLisp by
PeterSeibel
PLAI =
ProgrammingLanguagesApplicationAndInterpretation by Shriram Krishnamurthi
PLP =
ProgrammingLanguagePragmatics by Michael L. Scott
PLP2e =
ProgrammingLanguagePragmatics Second Edition by Michael L. Scott
SEwPR =
Semantics Engineering with PLT Redex by Matthias Felleisen, Robby Findler, and Matthew Flatt
SICP =
StructureAndInterpretationOfComputerPrograms by Hal Abelson and
GeraldSussman, with Julie Sussman
TAOCP =
TheArtOfComputerProgramming by
DonaldKnuth
TAPL =
TypesAndProgrammingLanguages by
BenjaminPierce
TCPL =
TheCeePlusPlusProgrammingLanguage by
BjarneStroustrup
TCS =
Testing Computer Software by Cem Kaner, Jack Falk, and Hung Quoc Nguyen
TLS =
TheLittleSchemer by
DanielFriedman and
MatthiasFelleisen
TSPL =
TheSchemeProgrammingLanguage by R. Kent Dybvig
TPOP =
ThePracticeOfProgramming by
BrianKernighan and
RobPike
TSS =
TheSeasonedSchemer by
DanielFriedman and
MatthiasFelleisen
TRS =
TheReasonedSchemer by
DanielFriedman, William E. Byrd and
OlegKiselyov
UPE =
TheUnixProgrammingEnvironment by
BrianKernighan and
RobPike
WELC =
WorkingEffectivelyWithLegacyCode by
MichaelFeathers
See
http://mbishop.esoteriq.org/stuff/books.txt
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