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by vertexmachina 1463 days ago
CODE: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software - Charles Petzold

The Elements of Computing Systems - Noam Nisan, Shimon Schocken

Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces - Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau, Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau

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Huge plus one for OS: Three Easy Pieces. It sticks in my memory forever and I just confirmed, I had a random question about "why" from part of that book in 2014 and emailed Remzi and within a few days had a very detailed response back. It was much appreciated because I can get hung up on little details that I can't explain and it can really create a wall for me, so thanks Remzi for being responsive to a learner!
Worth mentioning (I think it was elsewhere in the overall thread) CODE is getting a 2nd edition later this year. I've always meant to read the book but never did, so I'm planning on using the second edition as my excuse to finally do so.