In the world of Silicon Valley, there are few books held in higher esteem than "The Art of Computer Programming," a multivolume set by Stanford professor emeritus Donald Knuth. "If you think you ...

(International Tracts in Computer Science and Technology ... McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1962.) 31s. A Primer of ALGOL 60 Programming With a Report on the Algorithmic Language ALGOL 60.

I was 5 or 6 when I got my first sense of the joys of computer programming ... pore over the incredible programming manual that came with the Spectrum. The book was full of simple programs ...