The C++ Programming Language

If you will go past first chapter, you will find wealth of knowledge, that is not programming language/api/backend/frontend specific. SICP is a book that is a bit hard to start. This is a thing that I miss about C++ programming language, third edition by Stroustrup. The "Design using C++" section of about 100 pages in the end made me, at a time, better programmer. I do not read it now, though, to keep my good memories about it =)

All in no particular order.... As a Unix systems engineer, I would choose 1. W.R. Stevens books on Unix and Tcp/ip. 2. Rochkind's Advanced UNIX Programming. 3. Most of the Unix/Linux manual pages. 4. Bash FAQ As a Unix systems programmer I would choose 1. Mythical Man Month 2. Jon Bentley's Programming Pearls. 3. K&R C and Stroustrup C++ 4. A recent Java reference and Bloch's Java Puzzlers 5. a reference and cookbook for the language of your choice -- Python, Ruby, Perl, etc. 6. Google's style guides

There were different book that impacted different stages of my career: As a programmer : 1. The C++ Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrup. 2. Operating System Concepts by Silberschatz 3. Compilers by Aho As an agile software developer: 1. eXtreme Programming by Kent Beck 2. Pragmatic Programmer by Hunt and Thomas 3. Continuous Delivery by Jez Humble As an architect: 1. Domain Driven Design by Evans 2. Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture by Buschmann 3. Envisioning Information by Edward Tufte As a CEO: 1. Good To Great by Collins 2. Lean Startup by Eric Ries 3. Beyond Budgeting by Pfläging

The headline and the body are posing two different questions. Regarding books that impacted my career in software. The top three are: 1) K&R C 2) Zen of Graphics Programming 3) C++ Programming Language, 2E I wouldn't recommend any of these to a young version of myself today.

the big 4, 2 very large dense books, and 2 small, very very very dense books: - Lippman et al, C++ Primer, 5th ed - Stroustrup, The c++ Language, 4th ed (which has earlier version "A Tour of" as 1st 150 pages - Meyers "Effective C++", 3rd ed and - "Effective Modern C++" http://www.aristeia.com/books.html (don't dismiss the others cause theyre 14+ years old, either

0) The C++ Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrup 1) Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Abelson and Sussman 2) Kvachi Kvachantiradze by Mikheil Javakhishvili

Hmmm, here's a list of books I really like: Memory as a Programming Concept in C and C++ by Frenck The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System by McKusick/Neville-Neil Learning GNU Emacs by Cameron, et al. Practical Common Lisp by Seibel The C Programming Language by K&R The C++ Programming Language Stroustrup The Design and Analysis of Algorithms by Leviten Assembly Language Programming for the IBM PC Family by Jones Essays/Collections: Hackers & Painters by PG Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman by Feynman What Do You Care What Other People Think by Feynman The Cathedral & The Bazaar by Raymond Novels: The Soul of a New Machine by Kidder Where Wizards Stay up Late by Hafner