What a coincide, I’m taking a few days of sick so yesterday I decide to order some books to keep me busy:
- Code Complete - as per Jeffs reading list
- The C programming language - as mention by Joel on the podcast. In short the Joels point is that C is close to machine language and so by understanding C you understand how the computer works at the most basic level.
- Concrete Mathematics - My reason for choosing this book are similar to choosing the C book. By understanding the problems which our program are to solve we’re in a better position to solve them efficiently.
I picked these books because they’ll let me understand the why. Also the few how-to style books I’ve read were really boring!
Cheers
Ben