Great books for young programmers
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I certainly read a lot of programming stuff. Over the last two years,
I started to build my own personal library of book about computing.
Today, I would like to share with you the ones that I found helpful
during my quest to become a world-class programmer (of course, I
ain't there yet).

\#1: C For Dummies, Vol 1 and 2 -- Dan Gookin

No, you aren't dreaming. That is really one these For Dummies books.
That was the first programming book I ever read, and that is the one
that gave me the passion for programming. The best thing about it, is
that I got both for 10¢. I also liked the informal style of the
author. The bad thing is, it is rather long -- about 500-pages per
volume, the keyword `if` is introduced at page 209 (you get the idea).
However, the thing I hate to most about this book is the badly coded
examples. For example, many of the examples use libraries specific to
the Borland C compiler; while some others beg for a buffer-overflow
attack.

So, why did I put it on my list? To make you understand that you need to
start somewhere. 


\#1: Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs -- Harold Abelson
and Gerald Jay Sussman

\#1: The C programming language -- K&R

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