Schaum's Outline of Introduction to Computer Science

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Summary: overview of 4 popular languages
Review: This book is unique in that it is both low-priced and provides an overview of four popular languages - C, C++, Java and VisualBasic (I couldn't find anything on Pascal and Fortran, unlike what the Publisher's review implies). It is sometimes heavy going and or lacks detail in places, and will need to be supplemented by other books and courses. Still, it's good value for the price.