Programming

A programming language is a formal constructed language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, particularly a computer. Programming languages can be used to create programs to control the behavior of a machine or to express algorithms.

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Super Scratch Programming Adventure! by The LEAD Project

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Introduction to System Design by Shivam Singh

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The C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan

The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.

401 books — 95 voters

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“ The most disastrous thing that you can ever learn is your first programming language. ”
― Alan Kay

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“ Programming is about managing complexity: the complexity of the problem, laid upon the complexity of the machine. Because of this complexity, most of our programming projects fail. ”
― Bruce Eckel, On Java 8

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