C.Eagle@massey.ac.nz (Colin Eagle) (08/28/90)
I have been asked to survey netters on textbooks for a course on introductory computer theory. This course is non-programming, and looks at files, computer organisation and computer science theory. I would appreciate people who teach this type of course mailing me with the details of the textbook(s) they use. Thanks in advance, Colin -- Colin G. Eagle Internet: C.Eagle@massey.ac.nz Voice: +64 63 69099 x 7523 Fax: +64 63 505611 School of Information Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
C.Eagle@massey.ac.nz (Colin Eagle) (09/05/90)
This is a repeat of a query I sent out last week, but got only one response (from someone asking for a copy of the responses I received!) Our mailserver has been out for a few days, so if you sent me a response, could you please resend it. I have been asked to survey netters on textbooks for a course on introductory computer theory. This course complements a programming paper, is for majoring Computer Science students and covers computer applications, computer architecture, logic, computer theory, file organisation, etc. I would appreciate people who teach this type of course mailing me with the details of the textbook(s) they use. Thanks in advance, Colin -- Colin G. Eagle Internet: C.Eagle@massey.ac.nz Voice: +64 63 69099 x 7523 Fax: +64 63 505611 School of Information Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
wilber@aludra.usc.edu (John Wilber) (09/18/90)
In article <392sis-a@massey.ac.nz> C.Eagle@massey.ac.nz writes: >I have been asked to survey netters on textbooks for a course on >introductory computer theory. As far as I have been able to tell, the concept of a "good" textbook on "computer theory" is an oxymoron. Since such books are invariably written by computer science theoreticians and computer science theoreticians invariably know almost nothing about computers (as one would expect from mathematicians) the textbooks I have seen have all been dismally uninformed about the realities of computer technology (and even good theory for that matter).