Which book do you plan to read.

[Alain De Vos]

In these dark days, which book do you plan to read.
[For me by coincidence a programming book :

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

]

 

[Phishfry]

Ahh yea Satanic computer ritual manual. Lisp included. What are all those funky symbols for?
No wonder people don't code. MIT is wacked. Do you wear the robe too?

 

[Phishfry]

We have books like that in the machine shop.
Where they ran power from the waterwheel to shafting(wooden) and pulleys driving leather straps driving the lathes.

I got SICP and tried to read it. Honestly.

 

[Phishfry]

OK seriously I would like a book on writing device trees.

We have good web tutorials but they are rather shallow.

I need a SICP for Device Tree writing.


Device Tree Overlays (Linux) | Toradex Developer Center

Devicetree Overlay Notes — The Linux Kernel documentation

Device Tree Source Undocumented - eLinux.org

Use Device Tree Overlays to Patch Your Device Tree | Digi International

 

[yuripv79]

Ahh yea Satanic computer ritual manual. Lisp included. What are all those funky symbols for?
No wonder people don't code. MIT is wacked. Do you wear the robe too?

Dark days, dark hearts, darker deeds.

Seeing Expanse series being cancelled, started reading the books.

 

[bakul]

*Reading* SICP would be more fun (and helpful) if you also try out examples and exercises in it with a compatible Scheme interpreter! There is a complete course Sussman & Abelson gave at HP in 1986 that may also be of interest: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE18841CABEA24090

 

[Phishfry]

I think SICP was meant to fail incoming freshmen. Even with a good grip on higher math is it quite grueling.

 

[bakul]

I think experimenting with little Scheme functions can help one get an insight on higher order functions etc. And you can always skip stuff that is not interesting at the moment or too hard! I do think it being an MIT book and course gives people the wrong idea!

 

[Phishfry]

I bought it used so I am not complaining.
At least it all still works unlike my Python2 books that are now good for nothing.
Lisp never sleeps.

 

[Lamia]

Lisp never sleeps.

Does Perl sleep? I am planning to read or learn it though it has been a wishful thinking. Nonetheless, I really would like to learn a time-tested and rock-solid knowledge (not just lang. or env. or tech.).

 

[bakul]

Too bad Neil Young & Crazy Horse never did Lisp never sleeps!

 

[cracauer@]

I should go through the DTrace book page by page.

Lisp is the only language that long-term use software should be written in.

 

[Lamia]

Lisp is the only language that long-term use software should be written in.

Emacs is a proof. I like extending it.
I once thought of learning it to gain some knowledge of Lisp too back then.

 

[Paul Floyd]

Just finished Iglberger “C++ Software Design”, currently reading Preschem “Fluent C” (both review copies for Accu). Next up Pikus “The Art of Writing Efficient Programs”.

 

[Paul Floyd]

I should go through the DTrace book page by page.

Lisp is the only language that long-term use software should be written in.

In over 30 years of working on numerical simulation I’ve yet to see one line of lisp in production code and I’ll warrant that the situation won’t change.

 

[rsronin]

In these dark days, which book do you plan to read.
[For me by coincidence a programming book :

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

]

Brings back memories and nightmares.

 

[Alain De Vos]

But i'll start with this one,

How to Design Programs - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[_al]

I plan to read The UNIX-HATERS Handbook

 

[_al]

Does Perl sleep?...

For me, Perl is an everyday tool.

 

[Deleted member 43773]

I am reading books about
how to improve my reading speed.

 

[mer]

Are we limited to only "computer" books?

 

[Alain De Vos]

This is off-topic. Normally you can post your favorite beer

 

[Alain De Vos]

I'll start with less academic books. Even those who have a bad reviews.

The Scheme Programming Language, 4th Edition

 

[Crivens]

I think about the hydrogen sonata.

 

[Alain De Vos]

Still the 8-queens problem bites into my leg.
And back-tracking.
I'll leave perl aside. But I can not explain. Ugliness ?