algorithms + data structures = programs

hai guys,

recently, i purchased Niklaus Wirth's book "Algorithm + Data Structure
= Programs" . i found this book completely incomprehensible.. it's fine
upto 1st 6 pages where he describes how we derive data structures by
modellig real-world objects & role of a programming langugae for
solving a particular problem but after that he starts with
Bisection/Binary-Search & a table to compute the negative-powers of 2
which were totally incomprehensible. i think the name of his book
should be "Mathematical Modelling of real-world objects shown using
unreadble & unexplained code". i dont know what more to say but i have
started to hate this book. i think my cognitive proces is not able to
sync with Niklaus Wirth's thinking/writing/presentation style.

then i know there exists only 1 book for data structures "Data
Structures & Algorithms" by Aho et al, but it also uses PASCAL. (keep
in mind, i am not talking algorithms, for that i will follow Knuth,
Cormen etc. but here i am talking specifically about data-structures)

i know a little about data structures, like : vectors, arrays, hases,
lists, trees etc. (i did some Lisp)i also understand that they are
basic-ones & found in nearly-every programming language & only differ
in syntax notation & operations & each solves some specific problems in
efficinet and others in inefficient ways.

Is this enough from a competent programmer's point of view? if not,
then where i can find good reviews for Aho's book, from a programmer's
point of view(no, not from amazon.com, they are always misleading. i
wasted a lot of money by following them) or do you advise something
else?


any views.

thanks for your time.

"arnuld"

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