Complete Turbo Pascal
by Jeff Duntemann · first published 1986
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Yep, Duntemann is the author of Complete Turbo Pascal from the 80's. It's a bit of a door-stopper, but it was one of the first programming books I ever read as a kid, and I have vague memories of it being a great introduction to software design in general.
on “FreePascal and Lazarus Foundation” ↗“Complete Turbo Pascal” by Jeff Duntemann and “The Peter Norton Programmer's Guide to the IBM PC” blazed my trail into professional computing. Both are near-ideal models of nonfiction writing and teach a practical skill through…
on “Ask HN: The book that did it for you in math and/or CS?” ↗And Jeff Duntemann's outstanding "Complete Turbo Pascal".
on “Turbo Pascal Turns 40” ↗> I'm creating a FreePascal edition of my ancient Turbo Pascal book Getting my hands on an early edition (first or second, I'm not not quite sure) of Complete Turbo Pascal in my teens is a big party of why I ended up as a programmer. I'm glad to see its still alive, and hopefully still inspiring new programmers.
on “FreePascal and Lazarus Foundation” ↗Complete Turbo Pascal, First Edition
on “Ask HN: What was your first programming book?” ↗Good article! I think "Complete Turbo Pascal" by Jeff Duntemann had a treatment of the spirograph (might have been another book on Turbo Pascal though). Good times, good times. :)
on “The mathematics of spirograph art” ↗…QuickPascal. V5.5 brought with it the new dazzle of object-oriented programming, and while I did write the V5.5 OOP Guide manual that Borland published with the V5.5 product I chose to pass on updating Complete Turbo Pascal for either V5.5 or V6.0." Not to mention: "I mention all this history because I want people to understand where FreePascal from Square One came from, emphasizing that it’s been a work in progress for…
on “FreePascal and Lazarus Foundation” ↗