Foundations of Algorithms Using Java Pseudocode

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Summary: not limited to Java programmers
Review: The authors take a more informal approach to describing algorithms, than other texts, by Knuth, Sedgewick and Aho. This may appeal to some of you, who might have been put off by the level of mathematical background required by the other books. Or by the rate of exposition of ideas within those books.

The presence of problems with each chapter helps your learning. And there certainly seems to be plenty of examples. To me, it seemed like they were belabouring the point, in places. But to you, it might feel like a comfortable dialog.

The usage of Java pseudocode is neither here nor there. If you are sufficiently skilled in a programming language, and it need not be Java, then you should have no problem writing out actual code to test the algorithms. In other words, don't worry if you do not know Java. Just imagine it as generic pseudocode.