Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software



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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software Charles Petzold ebook
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Publisher: Microsoft Press
Page: 391
ISBN: 073560505X, 9780739407523


Charles Petzold has been writing about Windows programming for 25 years. The book “CODE: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software” by Charles Petzold deals with a number of programming concepts starting from number systems - decimal, octal, binary to high level languages. What do flashlights, the British invasion, black cats, and seesaws have to do with computers? More complicated computers have a simpler computer to execute MicroCode to control the logic, tests, arthmetic and copies. In CODE, they show us the ingenious ways we manipulate language and invent new means of communicating with each other. More info that a Hardware/Software class. Many scientists have learned to write computer code without formal training, and so they may simply not know of the open-source software culture of sharing such codes, Morin and his colleagues said. Both Carl & Rory gave very high marks for his book (Code: This Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software) discussing the inner working of computers. (2 of 2 customers found this review helpful). Charles Petzold, Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software. Another interesting book on the subject, is “Code: The hidden language of computer hardware and software”. - You may also flag this review. Code Complete · The Pragmatic Programmer · C Programming Language (2nd Edition) · Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code · The Mythical Man-Month · Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software · Head First Design Patterns · Programming Pearls · Effective Java (2nd Edition) or Effective C++ There's a good reason that many software developers who are interested in improving their skills read these books. Using everyday objects and familiar language systems such as Braille and Morse code, CODE shows us the ingenious ways we manipulate language and invent new means of communicating with each other, culminating in today's digital Was this review helpful? It is much lighter theoretically, but an excellent and fun read.

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