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Which programming book you just couldn’t stop reading from start to end?
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Re: Which programming book you just couldn’t stop reading from start to end?
#152_The Little Schemer_, _The Seasoned Schemer_, _The Little MLer_. Those are made to be burned through, though. Probably not one sitting (many ideas need time to sink in), but only a couple sessions each. More recently, _Land of Lisp_. I already knew much of the material, but a very fun read. (Nice stickers, too!) I'd suggest this as a starting point for people new to Lisp, maybe even before _The Little Schemer_ (!). I…
N.B. Use asterisks in place of underscores and you'll get actual italics, like this .
I know, but I had "underlines for books, quotes for shorter works" hammered into me.
Incidentally, "NB." is the comment marker in J (http://jsoftware.com/). That makes me smirk.
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#153_The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL_ by Ken Henderson is unusually readable for a programming book. Perhaps it's a bit dated now, but still a good source of information.
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#154Let us C
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#155Not necessarily programming, but very interesting for anyone interested in scalable architectures: http://www.amazon.com/Scalable-Internet-Architectures-Theo-S...
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#156I read the entire book "TeX: The Program" by Donald Knuth, Computers and Typesetting, Volume B.