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Hacker Library

Hacker Library
There are many key computer science books, many of which are known by simple handles (this process of renaming is common among geeks). A list of the most popular are as follows:

Aluminum Book

    Common Lisp: The Language by Guy Steele

    ISBN: 0131515071  



Blue Book

    PostScript(R) Language Tutorial and Cookbook by Adobe Systems Inc.

    ISBN: 0201101793



    Smalltalk-80: The Language and its Implementation by Adele Goldberg

    ISBN: 0201113716



    OpenGL(R) Reference Manual by David Schreiner

    ISBN: 0201657651 



Camel Book

    Programming Perl by Wall, Chistiansen, and Orwant

    ISBN: 0596000278 



Cinderella Book

    Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages and Computation by John Hofcroft and Jeffrey Ullman

    ISBN: 020102988X



Devil Book

    The Design and Implementation of the 4.3BSD UNIX Operating System by Leffler

    ISBN: 0201061961



Dragon Book (Red and Green)

    Compilers: Principles, Techniques and Tools by Aho, Ullman, and Sethi

    ISBN: 0201100886



    Principles of Compiler Design by Aho and Ullman

    ISBN: 0201000229



Green Book

    PostScript(R) Language Program Design by Adobe Systems Inc.

    ISBN: 0201143968



    Smalltalk-80: Bits of History, Words of Advice by Glen Krasner

    ISBN: 0201116693



Orange Book

    Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria, DOD standard 5200.28-STD, December, 1985



Pink Shirt Book

    The Peter Norton Programmer's Guide to the IBM PC by Peter Norton

    ISBN: 0914845462



Purple Book

    UNIX System V Interface Definition

    ISBN: 0201582252 



Red Book

    Postscript Language Reference Manual by Adobe Systems Inc.

    ISBN: 0201101742



    Smalltalk-80: The Interactive Programming Environment by Adele Goldberg

    ISBN: 0201113724



    ISO 9945-1 Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) -- Part 1: Base Definitions 

    "The Ugly Red Book That Won't Fit On The Shelf"



    OpenGL Programming Guide by David Schreiner

    ISBN: 0321173481 



Silver Book

    Pascal User Manual and Report by Kathleen Jensen



White Book

    Adobe Type 1 Font Format

    ISBN: 0201570440



Wizard Book

    Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Abelson and Sussman

    ISBN: 0262010771



Yellow Book

    The New Hacker's Dictionary by Eric Raymond

    ISBN: 0262680920



Bible

Old Testament

    The C Programming Language by Kernighan and Ritchie

    ISBN: 0131101633 



New Testament

    The C Programming Language, 2nd Edition by Kernighan and Ritchie

    ISBN: 0131103709 



Other Bibles

    Unix Programming Environment by Kernighan and Pike

    ISBN: 0139376992 



    The C++ Programming Language by Stroustrup

    ISBN: 0201700735 



    Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Russell and Norvig

    ISBN: 0137903952 

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