▲ 34 ▼ Any good books on coding? (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by Fredselfish@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.world 25 comments fedilink hide all child comments Not just coding, but writing whole new type of code? History on coding be nice as well. I already own Hackers:Heroes of the Computer Revolution. But like other books on it as well.
[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (4 children) SICP permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Seconding this recommendation. If OP is after novelty, this book might seem, at first glance, to not fit the bill. However, there's a reason why it's become a cult classic. I really like how, although it uses LISP for its examples, it's actually a really cool look at the more abstract side of computing. As I understand it, for its time, it was weird as shit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago I think if I had to describe it succinctly, I would have to say it's mind altering? They teach a concept you can understand, again and again and then suddenly they reveal the 'trick' that they have been building up to then and you're Paul Atreides on Arrakis tripping balls on spice as your awareness suddenly expands permalink fedilink source parent [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago This is how I learned LISP! I still have my copy, which I bought new when it came out ... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world [S] 3 points 1 year ago Thank you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Seconding this recommendation. If OP is after novelty, this book might seem, at first glance, to not fit the bill. However, there's a reason why it's become a cult classic. I really like how, although it uses LISP for its examples, it's actually a really cool look at the more abstract side of computing. As I understand it, for its time, it was weird as shit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago I think if I had to describe it succinctly, I would have to say it's mind altering? They teach a concept you can understand, again and again and then suddenly they reveal the 'trick' that they have been building up to then and you're Paul Atreides on Arrakis tripping balls on spice as your awareness suddenly expands permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago I think if I had to describe it succinctly, I would have to say it's mind altering? They teach a concept you can understand, again and again and then suddenly they reveal the 'trick' that they have been building up to then and you're Paul Atreides on Arrakis tripping balls on spice as your awareness suddenly expands permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago This is how I learned LISP! I still have my copy, which I bought new when it came out ... permalink fedilink source parent