Programming Books

The Best General Computer Science Books

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   6 Rankings

   Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

   by Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman

   Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) is a textbook published in 1985 about general computer programming concepts from MIT Press written by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professors Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman, with Julie Sussman. It has been used as the textbook for an introductory course in computer programm...
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   4 Rankings

   Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming

   by Peter Van Roy, Seif Haridi
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   2 Rankings

   Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

   by Charles Petzold
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   1 Ranking

   Pattern on the Stone

   by Daniel Hillis
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   1 Ranking

   Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms

   by Donald E. Knuth