Christmas offer – Buy 2 or more Packt Publishing eBooks for $5 each

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For Christmas, Packt Publishing has an awesome offer available to everybody All eBooks from Packt Publishing are now available for only 5$ (€4 | £3 | AUS$5) each when you buy two or more eBooks. The offer is available until Thursday 3rd Jan 2013. More information about the promotion: Stock your reader this christmas



Packt Publishing celebrates its 1000th IT Book !

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Packt Publishing is about to publish its 1000th title, on the 30th of September, 2012. Packt published their first book in April 2004. They now have a lot of books on about every subject from web development to IT architecture, games to e-commerce. Their books are known for their high quality. For this occasion, they [...]



Algorithms books Reviews

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To be sure to be well prepared for an interview, I decided to read several Algorithms book. I also chosen books in order to have information about data structures. I chose these books to read: Data Structures & Algorithm Analysis in C++, Third Edition, by Clifford A. Shaffer Algorithms in a Nutshell, by George T. [...]



Advanced Compiler Design and Implementation – Book Review

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After having read my first book about compilers, I decided to try another one more focused on optimizations. For that, I chose “Advanced Compiler Design and Implementation“, by Steven S. Muchnick. This book covers several subjects about compilers, but more than 60% of the text is about compiler optimizations. The first chapter introduces the main [...]



Introduction to 64 Bit Intel Assembly Language Programming for Linux – Book Review

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The first book I read about Intel Assembly was lacking information about 64 bits programming. So I ordered and read Introduction to 64 Bit Intel Assembly Language Programming for Linux, by Ray Seyfarth. This book covers a lot of subjects in assembly. It is adapted to people starting assembly, but it also contains advanced assembly [...]



Compilers : Principles, Techniques & Tools – Book Review

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Some weeks ago, I finished reading Compilers : Principles, Techniques & Tools, by Afred V. Aho, Monica S. Lam, Ravi Sethi and Jeffrey D. Ullman. This book is also called the Dragon Book due to the cover. This book is a reference about compiler construction and design. If you are interested in this subject, this book [...]



EDDIC 0.7 : New compilation model and optimizations

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I’m proud to announce a new release of EDDIC, the version 0.7. Most of the changes are internal to the compiler. I read a new book : Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools and applied some of the advices of the author. The biggest change is the use of a new intermediate representation : Three-Address-Code statements. This [...]



Moodle promotion on Packt Publishing Books

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In their December promotion, Pack Publishing are offering heavy discounts on all their Moodle books during all the month. You can find all books available on offer on this page : http://www.packtpub.com/news/moodle-festive-month There are great offers: Buy any Moodle print book and get 20% off Buy any Moodle eBook and get 30% off For those who don’t know Moodle, Moodle is currently the [...]



C++ Templates : The Complete Guide – Book Review

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After the Effective C++ Serie, I read C++ Templates: The Complete Guide, from David Vandevoorde and Nicolai M. Josuttis The templates are one of the most powerful feature of C++. However, this is a complex technique that is often misused or misunderstood. This book will help you learning what exactly are templates and how they [...]



Effective STL Book Review

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I finished reading the last Effective C++ volume : Effective STL, Scott Meyers. Again, this book follows the same model as the two others, providing several rules aiming at making you a better (more effective) STL programmer. All the items of this book are centered on the usage of the Standard Template Library (STL). The [...]