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To that end, Elements of Computing Systems (not as fun of a name) really did it for me.

I recommend it every chance I get.

https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/elements-computing-systems



There’s a second edition coming out after all this time: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0262539802

Estimated July 6 next year


The Pattern on the Stone is also excellent, especially for audiences less familiar with computers. It has always struck me as a paramount example of "education" in that it shares relative illumination in a very digestible format. I wish I'd read it years earlier.


Charles Petzold’s ‘Code’ is a masterpiece.


That book is a gem! And the related website has additional good stuff: https://www.nand2tetris.org/




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