Yes. This is exactly what I was going to say. Great book, probably quite similar, it continually sucks you in like a novel and you don't even realize you're deep in the weeds of some hardware abstraction...
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I literally Crtl-F'ed Petzold, it's exactly what I would suggest. It covered a lot of what I learned in college but in a much more user-friendly readable way. I wish I'd read it before I entered universities doors to be honest.
Ahah could have written the same comment. I now suggest people interested in CS or juniors to read CODE, they'll get the stronger foundations everyone should have, as early as possible.
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Another great read to understand the machine is CODE by Charles Petzold
Yes. This is exactly what I was going to say. Great book, probably quite similar, it continually sucks you in like a novel and you don't even realize you're deep in the weeds of some hardware abstraction...
CODE is a wonderful book, thanks for adding that to the discussion.
I literally Crtl-F'ed Petzold, it's exactly what I would suggest. It covered a lot of what I learned in college but in a much more user-friendly readable way. I wish I'd read it before I entered universities doors to be honest.
Ahah could have written the same comment. I now suggest people interested in CS or juniors to read CODE, they'll get the stronger foundations everyone should have, as early as possible.