Name: Anonymous 2012-10-20 1:29
http://dump.udderweb.com/CODE.pdf
http://www.amazon.com/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Software/dp/0735611319
The author, Petzold, has been mentioned on /prog/ before, but AFAIK only in the context of his MS Windows books.
This one is different, because it helped me understand the nature of information, how it is part of reality and was so even before people existed. In that way, it helped me understand what functional programming is. (I'm sure that there is more than one path to that place, but this is the one I took.)
http://www.amazon.com/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Software/dp/0735611319
The author, Petzold, has been mentioned on /prog/ before, but AFAIK only in the context of his MS Windows books.
This one is different, because it helped me understand the nature of information, how it is part of reality and was so even before people existed. In that way, it helped me understand what functional programming is. (I'm sure that there is more than one path to that place, but this is the one I took.)