Brilliant books, and like many of the commenters here, they were my real introduction to programming. The way they visualized the abstract concepts was fantasti

Brilliant books, and like many of the commenters here, they were my real introduction to programming. The way they visualized the abstract concepts was fantastic. The biggest downer back in those heady 8-bit home computer days, was the plethora of platforms and the differences in the BASIC dialects. Made getting those code listings working a bit of a pain.