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5 unusual facts about Charles Petzold


Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software is a book by Charles Petzold, published in 1999.

Indent style

It was also popular in the early days of Windows, since it was used in three influential Windows programming books, Programmer's Guide to Windows by Durant, Carlson & Yao, Programming Windows by Petzold, and Windows 3.0 Power Programming Techniques by Norton & Yao.

Jeff Prosise

This book, along with Charles Petzold's popular Programming Windows book are considered to be 'bibles' in Windows programming.

Microsoft Press

The publisher has gone on to release books by other recognizable authors such as Charles Petzold, Steve McConnell, Mark Russinovich and Jeffrey Richter.

Petzold

Charles Petzold, American programmer and technical author on Microsoft Windows applications


Hungarian notation

In particular, use of Hungarian notation was widely evangelized by Charles Petzold's "Programming Windows", the original (and for many readers, the definitive) book on Windows API programming.


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