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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold. I love this book.

by kris-s 9y ago

juliangamble 9y ago
Agree - this is an amazing book.
throwaway7645 9y ago
Very good. A good book to go with it is: Learning Computer Architecture with the Raspberry Pi.
- bogomipz 9y ago
  This looks amazing(and affordable). I had not heard of this. Thanks for sharing!
  - throwaway7645 9y ago
    No problem. It is surprisingly advanced too and was co-authored by Eben Upton who started the Raspberry Pi. Nice whirlwind tour of computing architecture and history.
- berserkpi 9y ago
  Thanks for this one. A must read for me.
JonoW 9y ago
I loved this book, a must read for any dev
doktrin 9y ago
Seconded. I'm one of those savages who didn't really find much value in classical tomes like MMM or Code Complete (probably because all their core points have already been distilled into contemporary best practices) - but I love this book, and even recommend it to non-technical friends & family.
jrmg 9y ago
This is an amazing book. Hard to describe, and maybe not even all that interesting sounding if you managed to describe it accurately, it’s actually fascinating. If you don’t know much about hardware (and maybe even if you do) it’ll change the way you think about computing devices.
- JackFr 9y ago
  You hear people say "Computers are all just 0's and 1's", which when you sit down at a modern computer interface is virtually meaningless. In an accurate, but still comprehensible way, 'Code' takes you from the AND's and XOR's and 0's and 1's to the experience you know from a modern computer interface. It is a brilliant book.
gigonaut 9y ago
I'll also +1 this, it is a great read. Has to be top 5 interesting books I have read over the years.
drivers99 9y ago
Also check out The Pattern on the Stone, a similar book by the inventor of the Connection Machine.
mukeshm 9y ago
I am currently reading it and would definitely suggest it.

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold. I love this book.

by kris-s 9y ago

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold. I love this book.

juliangamble 9y ago

Agree - this is an amazing book.

throwaway7645 9y ago

Very good. A good book to go with it is: Learning Computer Architecture with the Raspberry Pi.

bogomipz 9y ago
This looks amazing(and affordable). I had not heard of this. Thanks for sharing!
- throwaway7645 9y ago
  No problem. It is surprisingly advanced too and was co-authored by Eben Upton who started the Raspberry Pi. Nice whirlwind tour of computing architecture and history.
berserkpi 9y ago
Thanks for this one. A must read for me.

JonoW 9y ago

I loved this book, a must read for any dev

doktrin 9y ago

Seconded. I'm one of those savages who didn't really find much value in classical tomes like MMM or Code Complete (probably because all their core points have already been distilled into contemporary best practices) - but I love this book, and even recommend it to non-technical friends & family.

jrmg 9y ago

This is an amazing book. Hard to describe, and maybe not even all that interesting sounding if you managed to describe it accurately, it’s actually fascinating. If you don’t know much about hardware (and maybe even if you do) it’ll change the way you think about computing devices.

JackFr 9y ago
You hear people say "Computers are all just 0's and 1's", which when you sit down at a modern computer interface is virtually meaningless. In an accurate, but still comprehensible way, 'Code' takes you from the AND's and XOR's and 0's and 1's to the experience you know from a modern computer interface. It is a brilliant book.

gigonaut 9y ago

I'll also +1 this, it is a great read. Has to be top 5 interesting books I have read over the years.

drivers99 9y ago

Also check out The Pattern on the Stone, a similar book by the inventor of the Connection Machine.

mukeshm 9y ago

I am currently reading it and would definitely suggest it.