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 | | Data Structures Demystified (Demystified) by James Keogh, Ken Davidson ISBN-10: 9780072253597 ISBN-10: 0-07-225359-2 ISBN-13: 9780072253597 ISBN-13: 978-0-07-225359-7 Paperback 2004-02-27 McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Whether you are an entry-level or seasoned designer or programmer, learn all about data structures in this easy-to-understand, self-teaching guide that can be directly applied to any programming language. From memory and addresses to hashtables, authors Keogh and Davidson, provide clear explanations that demystify this “algebra of programming.” | ||
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data structures i never had respect for this dummy books, but this one deserves some. i guess its becoz the had a simple subject to explain, and that waht they good at.it good for all entry level. | ||
Poor editing makes for a frustrating read I have to agree with the other reviewers- there are lots of typos in the book that an experienced IT person looking for a review could probably puzzle out but a newbie would be misled and frustrated by. What I'll add to the discussion is that I contacted the publisher about the availability of an errata sheet. Their response is that there isn't any. Sloppy editing is bad enough but not to even bother to create an errata sheet for a book published back in 2004 is inexcusable. This reflects very poorly on the publisher and I for one, will think twice before buying anything else in the "demystified" series. | ||
Data Structures made Mystified by a rush job I've just read through the first two chapters. None of the topics addressed are brand new to me, but the book has almost takes away the understanding I had before. The book was certainly rushed through with no copy editing, as a prior reviewer has already mentioned. The typos are annoying but largely don't get in the way of understanding the author's intent. However, when he mixes up an important term with another, it makes me needlessly question my whether I have a grasp of concept. I can't trust what I'm reading in this book. It's unfortunate that it's assigned reading for me. | ||
Extremely poor editing The diagrams in the book don't match the text and are just plain wrong in multiple instances. Since the text relies on the diagrams to make sense, it completely fails its audience, regardless of its "friendly" delivery. This lack of editing is just inexcusable. If I were a publisher I'd be ashamed to put a book like this out. If you're an intermediate to advanced programmer, you don't need the content this book attempts to provide. If you're a beginning programmer, this book will completely confuse, frustrate, and anger you. | ||
A great introduction to the complex topic of data structures While I am used to more rigorous presentations I began reading this book before reading several more academic works on data structures and the book does simplify the topic while presenting a robust C++ and Java example of the data structure itself, using object oriented code. An example is the doubly linked list - the author includes the theory and code to implement a doubly linked list in C++ and Java and the code works great - expanding on this code I can expect to design a linked list containing much more complicated objects. I was surprised that the book is as good as it really is - I expected a much more "watered-down" presentation than the author actually gives -- the author is great! | ||