Thinking Forth
Leo Brodie
15 people recommended it in 9 threads, 2008–2022.
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Thinking Forth. Nearly 35 years later it still probably dominates my approach.
One of the best development books I've read is Thinking Forth [1]. Don't let the Forth aspect put you off. It's full of great design tips and ways of thinking about programming.
Probably not on Alan Kay's list, but Leo Brodie's Thinking Forth was mind blowing and game changing!
Thinking Forth is a great suggestion since the approach goes way beyond Forth.
Thinking Forth; Software Tools; SICP; Abstraction and Specification in Program Development; Essentials of Programming Languages; Paradigms of AI Programming; I'd like to list something about OO too, but no book I know really measures up to learning from other programmers. But there's Mark S. Miller's thesis Robust Composition.
Reading this one after Starting Forth. I wonder how many have read this that have never written a line of Forth?
'Starting Forth', and 'Thinking Forth' by Leo Brodie. I'd say the 'Head First' books are modern equivalents with a similar spirit.
Thinking Forth; Software Tools; SICP; Abstraction and Specification in Program Development; Essentials of Programming Languages; Paradigms of AI Programming; I'd like to list something about OO too, but no book I know really measures up to learning from other programmers. But there's Mark S. Miller's thesis Robust Composition.
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