Kernighan and Pike (and other books of each author) is IMO almost as relevant today as then. It is short, clean, and even if examples seem obsolete they often c

Kernighan and Pike (and other books of each author) is IMO almost as relevant today as then. It is short, clean, and even if examples seem obsolete they often contain useful nuggets of wisdom. The blog post cites a few paragraphs, as examples. Read the book itself, it is a good one.