[GLLUG] intro to programming

[Michael George]

Interesting.  Would you happen to have your own copy that I could borrow
and preview?

How old were you when you read it?

On Tue, April 1, 2008 12:43 pm, Charles Ulrich wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Michael George <george at idealso.com> wrote:
>> We homeschool our children, and the oldest are old enough that I think
>>  they are ready for an intro to programming.  I would like a book that
>> can
>>  hold their hands and help them learn logic and programming, but do so
>> at a
>>  5-7th grade level and using open-source languages.
>>
>>  I know some on this list are students and some are teachers, so I am
>>  hoping there might be some experience-based recommendations.  I'll take
>>  what I can get, though.
>
> I can recommend a book called Code by Charles Petzold. It's more of a
> computer architecture book than a programming book and it basically
> explains how computers work in terms that anyone should be able to
> understand. The author begins by describing morse code via
> flashlights, then explains the old-fashioned telegraph system, moves
> onto electrical relays, Braille, and barcodes, and by the end of the
> book has you writing assembly for the Intel 8080 and Motorola 6800
> before you are even told that you're doing so.
>
> No software is included, but there are a lot of open source emulators
> that will run code similar to that used in the book. This is the book
> that inspired me to attempt writing a Z80 emulator in C. (I got 11
> instructions implemented and decided that was good enough for a proof
> of concept. :P)
>
> http://www.charlespetzold.com/code/
>
> (Yes, it's published by Microsoft Press, but trust me, there's nothing
> Microsoft about this book.)
>
> Charles
>


-Michael George