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Any way to get this on the Internet as a web page? It's ironic how this book covers some of the most advanced technologies in our age, yet gatekeeps it all behind plain old printed pages or a "watermarked ebook."
Why is it ironic that the Author of the book would like to profit from his labors?
If you'd like to support local independent book stores then you can pre-order it here: https://bookshop.org/books/code-the-hidden-language-of-compu... Its definitely a bit more more expensive (~$37 vs $32) than ordering it via links in post.
If you'd like to support local independent book stores then you can pre-order it here: https://bookshop.org/books/code-the-hidden-language-of-compu... Its definitely a bit more more expensive (~$37 vs $32) than ordering it via links in post.
Thank you for the link, I will be ordering it from here instead of Amazon
He needs to write more books, that is his Gift and Calling.
PS: Andrew Tanenbaum's Structured Computer Organization makes a very good followup to Code.
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Uh, as someone with too many years of programming behind me to imagine that, can you mention some concrete things that you found arbitrary or completely mysterious, and that the booked cleared up for you? Thanks.
That's a great question. I started out as a programmer having been a casual computer user through my childhood/teenage years. I never took apart computers or ventured into how they worked. Thus, when I decided to pursue this as a career, I had a lot of catch up to do. Here's a couple of things off the top of my head: - The terminal was completely foreign to me. Why is it structured so? How are permissions set? Octal?…
Like you said, "learning a little bit of C" would probably cover most of the things you listed. It sounds like you're a web developer.
This book was absolutely essential when I was first sinking my teeth into software programming. Things that seemed either arbitrary or completely mysterious suddenly made sense now that I had a contextual understanding of how computers worked . Without having that knowledge, I think my career would have been vastly more difficult and frustrating. While I understand many “get started programming” books/tutorials put a…