Good books in computer science?

[james at biosci.utexas.edu]

this mit course in the open courseware catalog is focused specifically  
on python:

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-00Fall-2007/Syllabus/index.htm

Quoting Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>:

> Phil Runciman wrote:
>>
>> Gain access to one of the IEEE or ACM web sites and their resources.
>> I used to sneak into my local university library before the 'Net to
>> read this stuff.
>>
>> Beyond that I check up on the reading lists for CS students from time
>> to time. This often throws up real gems and prevents me from being
>> blind-sided.
>
> For those who are not rich, MIT has put a lot of courseware on the web,
> including in particular, CS, for free.  And there is lots more put up
> by professors and departments elsewhere.  There are free language
> manuals and interpreters/compilers for those who want to stretch their
> brain that way.
>
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