Code Readings (PAP/CDR, Paperback) - The Open Source Perspective

Spinellis (Athens University) outlines strategies for reading computer code written by other programmers, and identifies common C control structures, building blocks, idioms, and pitfalls. He examines the mechanisms of control flow, the organization and coding standards of large projects, different software architectures and design patterns, and tools for automating tasks. The final chapter demonstrates how to locate a moon phase algorithm in the NetBSD source code base. The CD-ROM contains source code and examples. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)