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What other books are of the same caliber that HN would recommend?

vertexmachina 4y ago
CODE: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software - Charles Petzold The Elements of Computing Systems - Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces - Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau, Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau
- codezero 4y ago
  Huge plus one for OS: Three Easy Pieces. It sticks in my memory forever and I just confirmed, I had a random question about "why" from part of that book in 2014 and emailed Remzi and within a few days had a very detailed response back. It was much appreciated because I can get hung up on little details that I can't explain and it can really create a wall for me, so thanks Remzi for being responsive to a learner!
- runevault 4y ago
  Worth mentioning (I think it was elsewhere in the overall thread) CODE is getting a 2nd edition later this year. I've always meant to read the book but never did, so I'm planning on using the second edition as my excuse to finally do so.
alfiedotwtf 4y ago
If by caliber you mean blow your socks off, The Little Schemer
323 4y ago
The programming meme books that you must have on your shelf (reading optional) are: - The C Programming Language (original C book) - The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP) - Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) - Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (Dragon book) - Don't Make Me Think (design) - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- astrange 4y ago
  The Dragon Book is a bad compiler book. Don’t recommend it just because it has a cool name. Grune’s Parsing Techniques and Morgan’s Building an Optimizing Compiler are okay.
- HillRat 4y ago
  I'd also recommend (inter alia -- there's a lot of great works out there!) Friedman et al.'s Schemer books, Petzold's "Code" and "The Annotated Turing," McConnell's "Code Complete," Pierce's "Types and Programming Languages," and Warren's "Hacker's Delight."
markdog12 4y ago
Same author wrote Game Programming Patterns: http://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/ http://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/
criddell 4y ago
The author, Bob Nystrom, also wrote Game Programming Patterns which I think is just as good. You might also like Charles Petzold's book Code.
twh270 4y ago
I recommend "The Pragmatic Programmer" and "Code Complete" regularly. (2nd editions.)
paulhodge 4y ago
The Nature of Code - Daniel Shiffman
- lioeters 4y ago
  I love this book. https://natureofcode.com/ https://natureofcode.com/ It's one of my all-time favorite books about programming, I keep coming back and re-reading parts of it. The author does excellent programming education through fun videos. https://shiffman.net/ https://shiffman.net/

CODE: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software - Charles Petzold The Elements of Computing Systems - Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces - Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau, Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau

codezero 4y ago
Huge plus one for OS: Three Easy Pieces. It sticks in my memory forever and I just confirmed, I had a random question about "why" from part of that book in 2014 and emailed Remzi and within a few days had a very detailed response back. It was much appreciated because I can get hung up on little details that I can't explain and it can really create a wall for me, so thanks Remzi for being responsive to a learner!
runevault 4y ago
Worth mentioning (I think it was elsewhere in the overall thread) CODE is getting a 2nd edition later this year. I've always meant to read the book but never did, so I'm planning on using the second edition as my excuse to finally do so.

alfiedotwtf 4y ago

If by caliber you mean blow your socks off, The Little Schemer

323 4y ago

The programming meme books that you must have on your shelf (reading optional) are: - The C Programming Language (original C book) - The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP) - Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) - Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (Dragon book) - Don't Make Me Think (design) - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

astrange 4y ago
The Dragon Book is a bad compiler book. Don’t recommend it just because it has a cool name. Grune’s Parsing Techniques and Morgan’s Building an Optimizing Compiler are okay.
HillRat 4y ago
I'd also recommend (inter alia -- there's a lot of great works out there!) Friedman et al.'s Schemer books, Petzold's "Code" and "The Annotated Turing," McConnell's "Code Complete," Pierce's "Types and Programming Languages," and Warren's "Hacker's Delight."

markdog12 4y ago

Same author wrote Game Programming Patterns: http://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/ http://gameprogrammingpatterns.com/

criddell 4y ago

The author, Bob Nystrom, also wrote Game Programming Patterns which I think is just as good. You might also like Charles Petzold's book Code.

twh270 4y ago

I recommend "The Pragmatic Programmer" and "Code Complete" regularly. (2nd editions.)

paulhodge 4y ago

The Nature of Code - Daniel Shiffman

lioeters 4y ago
I love this book. https://natureofcode.com/ https://natureofcode.com/ It's one of my all-time favorite books about programming, I keep coming back and re-reading parts of it. The author does excellent programming education through fun videos. https://shiffman.net/ https://shiffman.net/