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Data Structures, Algorithms & Software Principles in C by Thomas A Standish Recommended

ISBN: 0 201 59118 9       Publisher: Addison-Wesley       Pages: 748pages       Price: £23-95

Categories:   data structures     algorithms

Reviewed by Francis Glassborow in C Vu 7-4 (May 1995)

It is rather more concerned with the analysis aspect and covers rather fewer specific variations.

Despite the title, the author makes some small use of C++ as a vehicle to cover object-orientation in the penultimate chapter of the book.

My feeling is that if you want to learn a sound classical approach to data structures and algorithms in a C environment this book is well worth study. However, if you are more interested in ADTs in a C++ environment then Data Abstraction and Problem Solving with C++ is more likely to meet your needs. If you would prefer to focus on a wider range of new structures and algorithms then Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis should be on your list of possible choices.

Which ever one you read, you will be a better programmer for having read it, and less likely to worry about how to use qsort() correctly - you will realise that using a function that fails to specify which algorithm it uses is poor programming.