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If we really have to go 8-bit then the TI-BASIC manual I had for my 99/4A. I had no secondary storage, so I'd type in 100 lines of code and run it. Then retype it all and make some changes and run it again. And then have to turn the damned thing off (losing everything) because my parents wanted to use the TV. Bastards.
Leo Brodie's 'Starting Forth'. Just a great book on how to think about factoring a program.
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.
Two books if that's permitted: 1. "Smalltalk-80 The Languange and its Implementation" - They eventually dropped the implementation chapters from the book, but you can still get the original edition used on Amazon if you're curious as to how Smalltalk was implemented ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0201113716/ref=dp_olp... ). I'm surprised at how cheap they are, as the book is considered a collector's item. 2…
http://users.ipa.net/~dwighth/smalltalk/bluebook/bluebook_im...
I also vaguely remember the ACM releasing the full PDF of the book if you signed up for a free account. It was posted on lambda-the-ultimate at some point.
"The Soul of a New Machine" by Tracy Kidder.
Two books if that's permitted: 1. "Smalltalk-80 The Languange and its Implementation" - They eventually dropped the implementation chapters from the book, but you can still get the original edition used on Amazon if you're curious as to how Smalltalk was implemented ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0201113716/ref=dp_olp... ). I'm surprised at how cheap they are, as the book is considered a collector's item. 2…
I'm too young to play... :(
In the 80s I was into Beagle Brothers one-liners.