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"Sams Teach Yourself C++"

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I've read The C Programming Language - best book ever.
Every night before I go to bed I read a passage from SICP.
If I don't I can't fall asleep properly.

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Pragmatic thinking and Learning: Refractor Your Wetware.
Java for Dummies is actually pretty good as well.

-----side note

The first computer "bug" was actually at Harvard University when a moth got stuck in some wiring on a giant room size computer. They had to 'de-bug' the problem.

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"C for Dummies" However, if anyone has any good Ruby/Pyton books to recommend that they have read and found helpful, PM me.

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Old Testament or New? I've got a copy of 1st Ed, but haven't gotten to dive in yet.

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I'll add my recommendation for this book. It was republished as "The Design of Everyday Things."

Also,

Computer Systems a Programmer's Perspective by Randal E. Bryant and David R. O'Hallaron

has been one of my best textual resources as a C.S. student at CMU.

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2nd edition. It's definitely the most easy to understand programming book I've ever read.

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Exactly what I meant. He cited the book "The Moth in the Machine"

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Recent books...

Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach - Peter Norvig.
Read this for my AI course, got through something like 9 of 25 chapters.

Haskell - The Craft of Functional Programming
Quick up to speed on Haskell

Compilers - Principles and Techniques (The Dragon Book)

Also, a handful of online books about Lisp.

This term has been all about functional languages for me. I have written no C outside of what I did for FRC. Only one program in Java. And roughly a dozen different assignments in either Haskell or SBCL

I would REALLY suggest picking up LISP as a language, really cool, really quick, really different. Or if you want parallel computing pick up Haskell.

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What are you waiting for -- the pages to turn to dust? :confused:

I have 2 copies of K&R 1st edition.
I only take them out of the vault on very rare occasions. :D
Really, the best programming book ever that one.

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I'm a big fan of John Allen Paulos. I heartily recommend pretty much every one of his books. While not about programming per se, they are "essential knowledge" for anyone in a technical field.

Start with Innumeracy and read on! Enjoy!

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I've been reading The Standard C Library, along with Java 24/7. I got the Java book from my mentor, actually. Guess he isn't getting it back until next robotics season. :o

And a little off-topic: Has anyone seen any F# books around? I've been trying to learn since I found out it came out in VS2010.

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I read a lot of programming books, a lot of it is e books but on my shelf is C++ Complete Reference 4rth edition and PHP and MySQL 5 book

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I've seen alot on Java and c++ but is there anything on LabView?

I know that LabView in some ways is a hated , but I don't see my team switching anytime soon....