from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
Cinderella Book
n.
[CMU] Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation, by
John Hopcroft and Jeffrey Ullman, (Addison-Wesley, 1979). So called
because the cover depicts a girl (putatively Cinderella) sitting in
front of a Rube Goldberg device and holding a rope coming out of it.
On the back cover, the device is in shambles after she has
(inevitably) pulled on the rope. See also {book titles}.
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Cinderella Book
<publication> "Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and
Computation", by John Hopcroft and Jeffrey Ullman,
(Addison-Wesley, 1979). So called because the cover depicts a
girl (putatively Cinderella) sitting in front of a Rube
Goldberg device and holding a rope coming out of it. On the
back cover, the device is in shambles after she has
(inevitably) pulled on the rope.
See also {book titles}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1996-12-03)