Re: Good book(s) on data structures?

[Martin <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com>]

On May 14, 9:23 am, aprogram...@nospam.org wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can anyone recommend a good book or books on data structures? I couldn't
> find an obvious news group to post in, but given Ada and Ada people have a
> software-engineering approach lacking in many other communities I figured
> to ask here.
>
> I understand and have implemented things like stacks, queues, and
> linked-lists in various projects. I never learned about data structures
> such as trees, and I'm sure there are many more I don't know about. I'm not
> interested in theory for the sake of theory, since I'm a practising
> software designer. What I am interested in is having the right kit of tools
> so I can apply the correct solution to the job. So I need good, practical
> sources rather than mathematical. I'm concerned about things such as
> clarity and performance in the code I write.
>
> I prefer to stay away from books choosing this or that programming language
> as the lexicon, although books in Ada would be acceptable because of Ada's
> clarity. Thanks for any and all suggestions.
>
> Cheers.

Although neither is specific to Ada,

Introduction to Algorithms by Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest and Stein

and

Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs by Wirth

are both excellent. CLRS's is positively encyclopedic, while Wirth's
is an all time classic.

Both available via Amazon, eBay or even book shops!!

HTH
-- Martin