Code
The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
by Charles Petzold
Should I read this?
Recommended by 1 source and appears in Information Technology, Software Development, and Computer Science.
What do flashlights, the British invasion, black cats, and seesaws have to do with computers In CODE, they show us the ingenious ways we manipulate language and invent new means of communicating with each other. And through CODE, we see how this ingenuity and our very human compulsion to communicate have driven the technological innovations of the...
Looking for Kindle, hardcover, paperback, or audiobook editions?
Check formats, pricing, and current availability directly.
Why recommended
Recommended by 1 source and appears in Information Technology, Software Development, and Computer Science.
Recommended by notable people
People and public figures who have recommended this book.
Recommendation Signals
Recommendation proof is sourced from public posts, interviews, reading lists, and cited references.
Scott Hanselman
“The second edition of Petzold's seminal work "Code" is available on Kindle for just $20! This book is glorious and it's now celebrating a second edition with 70 new pages, a companion website, and new custom diagrams #ref”
Appears In
Not sure if this is the right fit?
Consider The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.. Recommended by 15 sources.
“Reading it feels like listening to Frederick P. Brooks Jr. deliver a set of terse, experience-packed essays drawn from his time managing the IBM System/360 project. The most useful material: concise maxims about staffing, scheduling, documentation, and interface boundaries that give language for hard organizational limitations. Limits include dated technical examples, a single-author, prescriptive voice, and repeated restatements; readers looking for modern case studies or practical templates will find no hands-on exercises. Best read slowly to mine specific heuristics rather than as a how-to playbook.”
Similar books
The Mythical Man-Month
Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
Don't Make Me Think
Steve Krug
Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices
Robert C. Martin
Coding for Kids
Adrienne Tacke
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture,
Martin Fowler
Working Effectively with Legacy Code
Michael Feathers
Artificial Intelligence,
Stuart Russell
The Art of R Programming,
Norman MatloffHow recommendation signals are reviewed
Each recommendation is collected from a public source — interviews, articles, or curated lists — and linked to its original URL. Books with many verifiable recommendations from respected people rank higher.
Code
View on Amazon →