I still use SICP. K&R is a great too. I didn't get them till the 90's though. The book I used the most in the 80's was Chaos by James Gleick. I spent months co

I still use SICP. K&R is a great too. I didn't get them till the 90's though. The book I used the most in the 80's was Chaos by James Gleick. I spent months coding up his mathematical models in basic on my 286. Good times.