What programming language book(s) are you reading?

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My question was inspired by some of the recent (or somewhat earlier) HN threads about programming languages, which I have always been interested in, as a developer (but not an implementor).Some of those recent threads are about Rust, of which there are many these days, Lisp, Python, BASIC or Visual BASIC, and this one about Perl:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39227169Thanks in advance to all who REPLy ;)

Bostonian · Accepted Answer

I ordered "Modern Fortran Explained: Incorporating Fortran 2023 6th. Edition" and will read it when it arrives. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/modern-fortran-expla...

simonblack · Answer

Quite a blend really, just right now. UCSD PASCAL (would you believe?), pdp8 assembly, and pdp8 OS8.
Then snippets of C, Z80 assembly, and GTK+.
Ask me again in a few weeks and very likely none of the above will be included.
I like to read manufacturers' manuals as 'bedtime' reading. Yep, I'm weird!

Blackstrat · Answer

Some 35+ years ago, I spent roughly a decade as a &lsquo;c&rsquo; programmer. Recently, I started &ldquo;Modern C&rdquo; by Gustedt. Things have changed a bit.

HenryBemis · Answer

I don't (anymore). But I do suggest to friends and colleagues the book "Python for Kids" when they ask me about a book to a (potentially useful) programming language so they can get their kids to do something more than watch vids on YT, with a computer.