edited by Jürgen Hermann
last updated 2000/02/24 (version 1.2)

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	<book id="doe:2000"> <author>John Doe</author> <title>A book</title> <publisher>A publisher</publisher> <year>2000</year> <isbn>0-xxxxx-yyy-c</isbn> <comment>Your comments</comment> </book>

What follows is a short bibliography of books that are references in their respective field. Please also consult the other C-Scene topics for further references.

C / C++

James O. Coplien, "Advanced C++ Programming Styles and Idioms". Addison-Wesley, 1992, ISBN 0-201-54855-0. Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie, "The C Programming Language". Prentice Hall, 1988, 2nd edition, ISBN 0-13-110362-8. Scott Meyers, "Effective C++ - 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs". Addison-Wesley, 1992, 206 p., ISBN 0-201-56364-9. Scott Meyers, "More Effective C++ - 35 New Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs". Addison-Wesley, 1996, 318 p., ISBN 0-201-63371-X. David R. Musser, Atul Saini, "STL Tutorial & Reference Guide". Addison-Wesley, 1996, C++ Programming with the Standard Template Library, ISBN 0-201-63398-1. Bjarne Stroustrup, "The Design and Evolution of C++". Addison-Wesley, 1994, ISBN 0-201-54330-3. Bjarne Stroustrup, "The C++ Programming Language". Addison-Wesley, 1997, 3rd edition, ISBN 0-201-88954-4.

Databases

Judith S. Bowman, "The Practical SQL Handbook - Using Structured Query Language". Addison Wesley Longman, 1996, 3rd edition, 454 pages, ISBN 0-201-44787-8. R.G.G. Cattell, "Object Data Management: Object-Oriented and Extended Relational Database Systems". Addison-Wesley, 1994, ISBN 0-201-54748-1. R.G.G. Cattell (ed.), "The Object Database Standard (ODMG-93)". Morgan-Kaufmann, 1994, ISBN 1-55860-302-6.

Project Management

Frederik P. Brooks, Jr., "The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering". Addison-Wesley, 1995, anniversary edition, ISBN 0-201-83595-9. Alistair Cockburn, "Surviving Object-Oriented Projects: A Manager's Guide". Addison Wesley Longman, 1998, 250 pages, ISBN 0-201-49834-0. Duncan MacVicar, Darwin Throne, "Managing High-Tech Start-Ups". Butterworth Heinemann, 1992, hardcover, 255 pages, ISBN 0-7506-9247-2. Steve McConnell, "Rapid Development - Taming Wild Software Schedules". Microsoft Press, 1996, ISBN 1-55615-900-5. Steve McConnell, "Software Project Survival Guide". Microsoft Press, 1998, How to be sure your first important project is not your last, 288 pages, ISBN 1-57231-621-7.

Books about & for Computer Geeks

Ester Dyson, "Release 2.0: A design for living in the digital age". Broadway Books, 1997, ISBN 0-7679-0011-1. Katie Hafner, Matthew Lyon, "Where Wizards Stay Up Late - The Origins of the Internet". Simon & Schuster, 1996, ISBN 0-684-81201-0. Nicholas Negroponte, "being digital". Vintage, 1995, 255 pages, ISBN 0-679-76290-6. Dennis E. Shasha, Cathy A. Lazere, "Out of their Minds - The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists". Copernicus / Springer, 1995, ISBN 0-387-97992-1.