For a real mind blowing experience, you should also read _Thinking Forth_ (http://thinking-forth.sourceforge.net/ http://thinking-forth.sourceforge.net/) also b

For a real mind blowing experience, you should also read _Thinking Forth_ (http://thinking-forth.sourceforge.net/ http://thinking-forth.sourceforge.net/) also by the same author. It was one of two books that radically changed how I write programs (the other one being _Writing Solid Code_).