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I haven't touched it in a few decades but Starting Forth by Leo Brodie. And yes I am old!
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Wow, Forth. There's a blast from the past! Unlike Cobol, I don't usually hear a lot about old software written in Forth. I can't remember the last time I've even heard it. 
Real programmers use butterflies
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At one of the places I worked at I selected Forth (multitasking version I wrote) as an intermediate language. The PC would compile flow charts into Forth text files which would be downloaded to an industrial controller where the Forth interpreter/compile would compile it to machine code. Their system still uses it today.
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The Waite Group's
Visual Basic 6
Interactive Course
Published by SAMS in 1998
I am Old and this was my First Book and Language
Books are not written like this today Why ?
The Cost and you can make more money with a 100
YouTube Videos
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C: A Reference Manual - by Harbison & Steele is what Kernighan & Ritchie wished they had written. It is superb. Cheerios
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Andrew Troelsen's book on COM (COM ATL 3.0) and his earliest on C#. Both were easy to follow, easy to understand the code, and easy to understand the concepts.
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Far above all other books IMHO is 'Code Complete', by Steve McConnell.
It is language-agnostic, is unbelievably accessible, and has practical, philosopical and pragmatic pointers to truly excellent programming.
Best book about coding that I *ever* bought!
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It's indeed a great book. I used to have a copy myself, and there are others here who had it as a favorite, too.
Real programmers use butterflies
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They should bring hops and malt and start the first brewery on the moon if you ask me! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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The original "moon shot".
/ravi
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Yeah, it's gonna be a lot easier getting people up there in the future if they already have a brewery - and a hamburger joint!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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The un-tapped marketing potential. Just imagine and shoot for the stars.
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Even though I don't drink alcohol anymore, that is still the best idea I have heard all month.
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This also means they could raise a herd of pigs on the moon.
The bacon would be so light and fluffy in light gravity. 
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When pigs fly.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Reviews for the first pub will unfortunately all say it has no atmosphere.
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Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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Never argue with a fool. Onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain
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I think this has been known for a while, and living nearby would mean living in perpetual twilight.
Apparently there's a good chance that Mercury also has water.
And let's not forget Mars! It already has secret bases.
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Greg Utas wrote: And let's not forget Mars! It already has secret bases.
None of ours and last time I visited Cydonia[^] there was also nobody else's base there anymore.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: None of ours
That's right; all your base are belong to us
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Greg Utas wrote: And let's not forget Mars! It already has secret bases.
So does the moon[^]
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Never stop dreaming - Freddie Kruger
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