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Mod N Reading Now (Part 1)

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I originally intended to name this blog post as ”What I’m Reading Now” but then decided to show it as another satisfying example of my Mod N Reading technique. During my 7 years in memory dump analysis captivity I didn’t pay much attention to traditional synthetic software engineering (as opposed to analytical software defect research in computer memory) except occasionally writing some troubleshooting tools, describing DebugWare patterns in UML and devising RADII process. A few weeks ago I decided to brush up my engineering skills and read some books that accumulated in my library during last few years. Here is the list of them (debugging triptych of Windows Internals 5th Edition, Advanced Windows Debugging, and Advanced .NET Debugging are on my office table and I read them almost daily so I’m not including them in the list below).

Illustrated Mod N is actually Mod 7 technique where I cycle through 7 topics with 3 books for each topic. Ideally I aim to dedicate one topic per day every week but this is not always possible due to writing and publishing but I still do it in a Mod 7 way even if I skip some days. it usually takes me an hour or two to read carefully 5-10 pages from each of 3 topical books. Here is the current state of the reading round-robin queue (21 books) under my home computer desk:

Here are the topics and corresponding books (with links if you would like to buy them from Amazon):

Multithreading from Computer Science Perspective

Synchronization Algorithms and Concurrent Programming

Modern Multithreading : Implementing, Testing, and Debugging Multithreaded Java and C++/Pthreads/Win32 Programs

The Art of Multiprocessor Programming

Algorithms, Parsing

Algorithms in a Nutshell

Flex & Bison: Text Processing Tools

The Algorithm Design Manual

Statistics

Statistics in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference

Statistics Hacks: Tips & Tools for Measuring the World and Beating the Odds

Statistics, 4th Edition

C++, STL and Boost

C++ in a Nutshell

Beyond the C++ Standard Library: An Introduction to Boost

C++ Cookbook

Security, Mac OS X

The Rootkit Arsenal: Escape and Evasion in the Dark Corners of the System

The Mac Hacker’s Handbook

Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems

Code, Games

Programming Language Pragmatics, Third Edition

Game Engine Architecture

Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction

Embedded and Real-Time Software Engineering

Designing Embedded Hardware

Bebop to the Boolean Boogie, Third Edition: An Unconventional Guide to Electronics

Software Engineering for Real-Time Systems

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