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I'd have to go with Charles Petzold's Windows (C) Programming book.
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Back in the office I have a half dozenish of them. Several are stacked under the non-height adjustable monitor I left there back in march (I liked my spare monitor at home better), and the other half were used to put my laptop screen at a similar height to my monitors (at home I'm using a 6-pack of Coke ).
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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The C Programming Language by Kernigan and Ritchie
I read this book in mid 80's and it was inspirational to me. At that time I had an Amiga, with Aztec C Compiler and used this book to travel through the mechanics of programming. Very well explained and not too much technical (… sure?). But for me, this book was a trap, because C is in itself a very hard matter to learn well and those guys put it as a if it was like a stroll on a farm and not like climbing the Everest.
The day you do not learn something new, is a wasted day!
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Yes I do:
Méthodes de programmation (2nd ed. Eyrolles 1986)
by Bertrand Meyer (who created the Eiffel programming language and the idea of design by contract), and Claude Baudoin
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I haven't touched it in a few decades but Starting Forth by Leo Brodie. And yes I am old!
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Wow, Forth. There's a blast from the past! Unlike Cobol, I don't usually hear a lot about old software written in Forth. I can't remember the last time I've even heard it.
Real programmers use butterflies
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At one of the places I worked at I selected Forth (multitasking version I wrote) as an intermediate language. The PC would compile flow charts into Forth text files which would be downloaded to an industrial controller where the Forth interpreter/compile would compile it to machine code. Their system still uses it today.
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The Waite Group's
Visual Basic 6
Interactive Course
Published by SAMS in 1998
I am Old and this was my First Book and Language
Books are not written like this today Why ?
The Cost and you can make more money with a 100
YouTube Videos
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C: A Reference Manual - by Harbison & Steele is what Kernighan & Ritchie wished they had written. It is superb. Cheerios
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Andrew Troelsen's book on COM (COM ATL 3.0) and his earliest on C#. Both were easy to follow, easy to understand the code, and easy to understand the concepts.
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Far above all other books IMHO is 'Code Complete', by Steve McConnell.
It is language-agnostic, is unbelievably accessible, and has practical, philosopical and pragmatic pointers to truly excellent programming.
Best book about coding that I *ever* bought!
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It's indeed a great book. I used to have a copy myself, and there are others here who had it as a favorite, too.
Real programmers use butterflies
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They should bring hops and malt and start the first brewery on the moon if you ask me!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. Mark Twain
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The original "moon shot".
/ravi
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Yeah, it's gonna be a lot easier getting people up there in the future if they already have a brewery - and a hamburger joint!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. Mark Twain
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The un-tapped marketing potential. Just imagine and shoot for the stars.
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Even though I don't drink alcohol anymore, that is still the best idea I have heard all month.
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This also means they could raise a herd of pigs on the moon.
The bacon would be so light and fluffy in light gravity.
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When pigs fly.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Reviews for the first pub will unfortunately all say it has no atmosphere.
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Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. Mark Twain
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