It’s tempting to reply with a book of philosophy or mathematics or fiction here. However, if I look at actual impact on my life, the book that did the most to change my future was The C Programming Language, by Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan. If it hadn’t been for that book, it’s very well possible that I’d never have gotten into computers or programming (I’d probably have become a doctor instead).
It’s tempting to reply with a book of philosophy or mathematics or fiction here. However, if I look at actual impact on my life, the book that did the most to change my future was The C Programming Language, by Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan. If it hadn’t been for that book, it’s very well possible that I’d never have gotten into computers or programming (I’d probably have become a doctor instead).