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Practical Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis (C++ Edition) (2nd Edition) Specs:
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Practical Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis (C++ Edition) (2nd Edition)
Manufacturer
Prentice Hall
Retail Price
$98.00
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Title
Practical Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis (C++ Edition) (2nd Edition)
ISBN
0130284467
Author(s)
Clifford A. Shaffer
Release Date
15 December, 2000, 2000-12-15
Format
Hardcover
Num of Pages
512
Num. of Items
1
EAN
9780130284464
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I have Dr Shaffer as my professor and he is just as boring in real life as his book. He has told us that some of the code segements are broken to make his students figure them out. DONT buy this book... It's not worth the money.
"Anonymous"
2006-02-15
- Reviewed By Anonymous
I would not reccomend this book for learning about data structures. With incomplete code and scampy sections on core area material, it seems to serve more as a workbook than anything else. In addition to this I find it to be poorly worded which has often caused me to overlook important details or have to read a sentence multiple times to understand what the author is saying. What saves this from being a one star product is the fact that if you do know the material, it can help you review structures but even then, the ackward wording still can slow down a quick read.
"I normally buy books because they contain information..."
...but this was a mandatory book for my university's two-course Data Structures & Algorithms sequence that all computer scientists and computer engineers must take.
Coming in with a good deal of programming experience, I find that this book is not as clear or as complete as it could be. The sample code snippets throughout tend to be awkwardly implmented with obscure variable names and obtuse datatyping, and more often than not represent 'a' way of accomplishing a task rather than 'the best' way. Finding better ways of doing things is normally left for exercises at the end of the chapter; the answers are not included with the book.
Also, many significant details or comments are skimmed over or are ommitted from the text. Many important (and complex) observations are left as exercises - but again, the answers are not included, so there is no way of validating your answers.
Further, this book is targeted at the C++ language. It is obscene to discuss data structures and algorithms without mentioning the free, prepackaged, and optimized code of the C++ Standard Template Library. Indeed, this book and the code it includes would have benefitted from the ingenious architecture and software engineering behind the STL.
I really hope the campus bookstore will buy this one back when I'm done with it.
Dr. Shaffer attempts to address the difficult topic of data structures and fails. Consistently he glosses over important points, or does not describe the implementation of data structures (the buffer pool, for example, is especially poor) adequately and leaves the hapless student confused and frustrated. For a computer scientist who already understands the subject this book may contain a few good points. Indeed, I was able to follow the sections where I had previous training, but when I studied material new to me, I was out of luck.
If you are unlucky enough to have a university that uses this text, consider trying to find a better book to get yourself an adequate understanding of this important subject, because Dr. Shaffer's text won't do that for you.
"Bad Book"
2004-01-27
- Reviewed By Anonymous
I was required to get this book for my CS344 class and so far I don't like this book at all. The exercises at the end of each chapter aren't good problems. Don't get it unless, like me, you have to.
"From a students perspective..."
2001-02-01
- Reviewed By Anonymous
I am a Computer Science student at Virginia Tech and Cliff Shaffer taught my Data Structures class. This book was used in the class, and many of my fellow students would agree, this book is awkward in every sense of the word. Not only is the material poorly written and confusing, the code examples didnt help much either. I found myself constantly reading and re-reading sections that were needed for programming assignments and going huh? If you have a strong desire to learn data structures, keep looking for your data structures book, this one isnt it...
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