Five Memorable Books About Programming(prog21.dadgum.com)
30 pointsby andsoitis2 hours ago5 comments
  • Flow5 minutes ago
    My favorite two computer books are “Starting Forth” and “Let over Lambda”. It’s something about the language and the approach I like.
  • so-cal-schemer30 minutes ago
    These are great books. I was going to suggest Zen of Assembly Language and Leo Brodie's books for this list from last month:

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    191 points|miletus|29 days ago|67 comments

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50024055

  • JKCalhoun28 minutes ago
    “This is also one of the most bizarrely delayed technical book releases I can recall. The majority of the book was about detailed optimization for the 8088 and 8086…”

    I’m starting work on the (tentatively titled) “The Second Book of KIM.”

  • jdw6419 minutes ago
    Software Design for Flexibility (2021) This book left the deepest impression on me. I was fascinated by the concept of additive programming. Personally, I spent a good while thinking about and studying the idea of "evolvability." True, the overuse of flexibility can obscure control flow, and opinions on the book are divided but I learned many concepts from it. Since I often work on maintaining and modifying legacy code, this book was a great help.
    • so-cal-schemera minute ago
      My impression was the opinions on SDF aren't divided so much as most of the scant reviewers were unprepared to grok this book. As much as people like to cite SICP, "Advanced SICP" flew totally under the radar.
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  • sreanan hour ago
    Rarely have I felt the urge to fly out of my building and grab any random guy on the street and exclaim can you see how cool this is, can you please.

    That happened to me when I read The Little Schemer.

    https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262560993/the-little-schemer/

    (The other time was when I saw a Hasui)

    https://ukiyo-e.org/artist/kawase-hasui