Great Programming Books

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Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction
1.  Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction by Steven C. McConnell
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  "Code complete - great book. Pity its published by Microsoft"
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The Pragmatic Programmer
2.  The Pragmatic Programmer by Andrew Hunt
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  "This is a great book. I wish I'd had it when I was starting out."
£28.89   Used & New from: £20.00
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)

Design patterns : elements of reusable object-oriented software
3.  Design patterns : elements of reusable object-oriented software by Erich Gamma
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  "The Oringinal pattern book. Brilliant"
£31.49   Used & New from: £20.82
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Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms and Source Code in C
4.  Applied Cryptography: Protocols, Algorithms and Source Code in C by Bruce Schneier
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  "The classic text on Cryptography"
£27.62   Used & New from: £8.78
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Mastering Regular Expressions: Powerful Techniques for Perl and Other Tools (Nutshell Handbook)
5.  Mastering Regular Expressions: Powerful Techniques for Perl and Other Tools (Nutshell Handbook) by Jeffrey E.F. Friedl
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  "The Classic text on Regexs"
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Programming Pearls (ACM Press)
6.  Programming Pearls (ACM Press) by Jon Bentley
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  "A classic text, that will get you looking a problems differently."
£22.94   Used & New from: £16.00
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The Art of Computer Programming: v. 1-3: Bd. 1: Fundamental Algorithms / Bd. 2: Seminumerical Algorithms / Bd. 3: Sorting and Searching: Vol 1-3 (Series in Computer Science & Information Processing)
7.  The Art of Computer Programming: v. 1-3: Bd. 1: Fundamental Algorithms / Bd. 2: Seminumerical Algorithms / Bd. 3: Sorting and Searching: Vol 1-3 (Series in Computer Science & Information Processing) by Donald E. Knuth
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  "This is hardcore. THE classic volumes from CS God Knuth Lots of math and CS theory. Call in sick for 6 months."
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Compilers - Principles, Techniques and Tools
8.  Compilers - Principles, Techniques and Tools by Alfred V. Aho
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  "The Red Dragon Compiler book."
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