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Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly)) 1st Edition

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Andy Oram is an editor at O'Reilly Media, a highly respected book publisher and technology information provider. An employee of the company since 1992, Andy currently specializes in free software and open source technologies. His work for O'Reilly includes the first books ever published commercially in the United States on Linux, and the 2001 title Peer-to-Peer. His modest programming and system administration skills are mostly self-taught.

Greg Wilson holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh, and has worked on high-performance scientific computing, data visualization, and computer security. He is the author of Data Crunching and Practical Parallel Programming (MIT Press, 1995), and is a contributing editor at Doctor Dobb's Journal, and an adjunct professor in Computer Science at the University of Toronto.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ O'Reilly Media; 1st edition (July 31, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 618 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0596510047
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0596510046
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.4 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.41 x 9.19 inches
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