Re: What are the classics of computer literature?

Walter Bushell wrote:
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Ulrich Elsner <usenet140606.20.elsner@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

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dlandhill@xxxxxxx wrote:
Wayne Throop wrote:
: [...]
: The solution would be to come over here as a visting professor and
: teach it in a Comp Lit class.>> >>
Hm. What are the classics of computer literature, do you suppose?
to start with:
Knuth _The Art of Computer programming_
Turing "Can a machine Think" and 'Computable Numbers"
Plauger _The Elemnts of Programming Style_
_The Zen of Assembly_
I'd also add _The C Programming Language_ by Kernighan & Ritchie. I've
got the first couple of volumes of Knuth. I'm sure he'll publish the
rest of them real soon now. :)
A Discipline Of Programming - Edsger Dijkstra. Head and shoulders above the
rest.
Mythical Man Month - Frederick P. Brooks. Not many computer booksb are
still in print after 30 years.

Ulrich

Only because the powers that be refuse to assimilate the message.

Too little of the OP is present for me to tell if I'm on or
off-topic, but in SF, I'd like to point to

Vernor Vinge: "True Names"

Peter Trei
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