Thread: Post your most interesting computer book!

  1. #1
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Location
    Vancouver
    Posts
    2,212

    Post your most interesting computer book!

    I got this book today, it's really interesting and helpful:

    Malicious Mobile Code: Virus Protection For Windows

    ISBN 1-56592-682-X



    Post your most interesting/favourite computer book.

  2. #2
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Sep 2001
    Posts
    4,912
    Are you wanting us to tell you what OUR favorite compueter book is or what?

    In case you are: IBM PC and Assembler programming. It's an OLD one.

  3. #3
    Still A Registered User DISGUISED's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2001
    Posts
    499
    This is probably my favorite technical book.

    The Spirit of C : An Introduction to Modern Programming
    by Henry Mullish, Herbert L. Cooper

    Paperback (January 1987)
    Thomson Learning; ISBN: 0314285008

    **Great Book**

  4. #4
    Just because ygfperson's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Posts
    2,490
    c++ for dummies.

  5. #5
    Hamster without a wheel iain's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2001
    Posts
    1,385
    i started readin the ANSI-ISO Manual for professional programmers today.

    wouldnt quite rate it as exciting but its good and teaches you 'professional' programmin practice
    Monday - what a way to spend a seventh of your life

  6. #6
    l'Anziano DavidP's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2001
    Location
    Plano, Texas, United States
    Posts
    2,743
    Assembly Language Primer

    Its old (1985)...but is awesome....
    My Website

    "Circular logic is good because it is."

  7. #7
    Seņor Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Posts
    560
    First computer book I ever bought, Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 6 in 24 Hours... You really do have to teach youself, without the help of that crappy book. It's interesting because somehow people other than me buy it. After wasting my $ on that book I started to read a little of each book before I buy it.

  8. #8
    Disagreeably Disagreeable
    Join Date
    Aug 2001
    Posts
    711
    MMURTL V1.0 aka Developing Your Own 32-Bit OS

  9. #9
    Mayor of Awesometown Govtcheez's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2001
    Location
    MI
    Posts
    8,823
    > 'professional' programmin practice

    I think this is a bit misleading... There's no such thing as "professional programming practice". Everyone's got their own standards for everything (and I do mean everything - one time, I had to do a program for a guy that wanted every single variable declared globally), even within companies. Anyone who says they'll teach you "professional" style is either just wrong or flat-out lying.

  10. #10
    ....
    Join Date
    Aug 2001
    Location
    Groningen (NL)
    Posts
    2,380
    I think there sure is a difference in the way hobbyists and students program and the way proffessionals create software. But this is not necessary programming, just more the methods used for designing and creating software.

  11. #11
    Mayor of Awesometown Govtcheez's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2001
    Location
    MI
    Posts
    8,823
    Well, right when I program something at home or school, I assume that nobody else is going to be debugging it or altering it, so it doesn't matter if the variable names aren't extremely descriptive (for a great look at this in action, see anything made by doubleanti) or commented. When you program for a company, you better make damn sure the names are spot on and you can figure out what was going on when you wrote it 6 months ago.

  12. #12
    ....
    Join Date
    Aug 2001
    Location
    Groningen (NL)
    Posts
    2,380
    >When you program for a company, you better make damn sure
    >the names are spot on and you can figure out what was going
    >on when you wrote it 6 months ago.

    That was what I meant with the difference between a proffessional programmer and a student or hobbyist. A proffessional programmer usually is required to create and maintain a set of documents while creating software.

  13. #13
    Registered User
    Join Date
    Aug 2001
    Posts
    101
    Alexandrescu's Modern C++ Design: www.moderncppdesign.com.
    - lmov

Popular pages Recent additions subscribe to a feed

Similar Threads

  1. JavaScript book recommendations
    By neandrake in forum Tech Board
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 04-05-2009, 12:27 PM
  2. some odd computer problems
    By DavidP in forum Tech Board
    Replies: 14
    Last Post: 03-31-2008, 06:25 AM
  3. new book about game programming using DirectX
    By Carlos in forum Game Programming
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 09-20-2005, 08:30 AM
  4. Book review thread
    By maes in forum A Brief History of Cprogramming.com
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 10-04-2003, 09:01 AM