I have some stunning old books - and even some interesting PDFs of 100 year old books - the language reveals so much about attitudes of the time... Reading them is a joy - like travelling in time... 🙂
One of my professors retired while I was in college for EE. I snagged a bunch of really cool old books on computer engineering and tube circuit design. I still have them.
I was in university in the 1990's, and I recall the textbook for a physiology course I took. At the end of the course, I went to the professor and told him that if he used the same textbook again, he should tell the students to ignore the first 3 1/2 chapters, because they were garbage. He told me he was writing hi own textbook. The one specific example I recall that shows the problems with the book is that it had at least the professors as authors, and at least three editors. And between them, they didn't know the difference between mass and weight. There was a place where they gave kilograms as the unit of weight. (A kilogram is a unit of mass, the correct unit for weight in metric is the Newton.)
Old manuals and books are awesome. I found "Metals and how to weld them" that someone threw out. I'm not a welder by trade but it is full of all kinds of useful information.
I totally agree with your opinion. The information in yesterday's books were much better than what's available today. Not only was the content better, also people cared about correct spelling, grammar, and diction. Today I shake my head at how bad writing has become.
The Kernighan Ritchie is „the“ C language book. I use mine quite often, because I sometimes have to look up something, that I rarely use in my „normal“ microcontroller programming. Unfortunately, I have the German version of the book, which sometimes gets lost in translation, a bit. Actually, American text books are my favorite, because they are usually, like you say, getting to the point. German text books are usually not that way. They are written in a pretty abstract way and one has to get along with long and complex sentences. I always hated to read the books from my professors about their lectures.
The C book is very expensive to buy - is put of print. I downloaded a well scanned pdf copy for free from somewhere, then printed and bound my own copy on 100 gsm Mellotex paper, at A4. It will last well beyond my own lifespan. ❤😊
FREE, like in the land of the FREE, not in the way of a FREE lunch, for old book you have to pay to get them. Some useful books cost a fortune and are only available in PDF in the store of some monopolistic merchant of scanned books.
I love vintage and antique books!
I have some stunning old books - and even some interesting PDFs of 100 year old books - the language reveals so much about attitudes of the time... Reading them is a joy - like travelling in time... 🙂
K&R brings back lots of lots of memories. I had the white cover version. Great video as always.
Now I'm jealous! I do have quite a lot of electronic books from early '70s but those are really difficult to find here in EU in recent years!
Totally agree about the Kernighan and Ritchie C book, I have one as well.
One of my professors retired while I was in college for EE. I snagged a bunch of really cool old books on computer engineering and tube circuit design. I still have them.
Excellent collection!!
Great books! Thanks for sharing this collection.
What a treasure trove! ❤
I was in university in the 1990's, and I recall the textbook for a physiology course I took. At the end of the course, I went to the professor and told him that if he used the same textbook again, he should tell the students to ignore the first 3 1/2 chapters, because they were garbage. He told me he was writing hi own textbook. The one specific example I recall that shows the problems with the book is that it had at least the professors as authors, and at least three editors. And between them, they didn't know the difference between mass and weight. There was a place where they gave kilograms as the unit of weight. (A kilogram is a unit of mass, the correct unit for weight in metric is the Newton.)
Old manuals and books are awesome. I found "Metals and how to weld them" that someone threw out. I'm not a welder by trade but it is full of all kinds of useful information.
I totally agree with your opinion. The information in yesterday's books were much better than what's available today. Not only was the content better, also people cared about correct spelling, grammar, and diction. Today I shake my head at how bad writing has become.
The Kernighan Ritchie is „the“ C language book. I use mine quite often, because I sometimes have to look up something, that I rarely use in my „normal“ microcontroller programming. Unfortunately, I have the German version of the book, which sometimes gets lost in translation, a bit.
Actually, American text books are my favorite, because they are usually, like you say, getting to the point. German text books are usually not that way. They are written in a pretty abstract way and one has to get along with long and complex sentences. I always hated to read the books from my professors about their lectures.
I have a book for chip reference its very useful
The C book is very expensive to buy - is put of print. I downloaded a well scanned pdf copy for free from somewhere, then printed and bound my own copy on 100 gsm Mellotex paper, at A4. It will last well beyond my own lifespan. ❤😊
FREE, like in the land of the FREE, not in the way of a FREE lunch, for old book you have to pay to get them. Some useful books cost a fortune and are only available in PDF in the store of some monopolistic merchant of scanned books.