Tag: computing
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Book Review: Grace Hopper – Admiral of the Cyber Sea by Kathleen Broome Williams
After reading Broad Band by Claire L. Evans, about women in computing, I realised Grace Hopper was important, so I thought I’d hunt out a biography. I found Grace Hopper: Admiral of the Cyber Sea by Kathleen Broome Williams. Unusually I bought it second hand – my copy came from the Richard Stockton College of…
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Book review: Broad Band by Claire L. Evans
This review is of Broad Band by Claire L. Evans, subtitled The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet. It is arranged thematically with each chapter focusing on a couple of women moving in time from the first chapter, about Ada Lovelace in the 19th century, through to the early years of the…
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Book review: The Mythical Man-month by Frederick Brooks Jr.
Next up The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick Brooks Jr. This is a classic in software engineering which I’ve not previously read, I guess because it is more about software project management rather than programming itself. That said it contains the best description I have seen as to why we love to…
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Book review: Masterminds of Programming by Federico Biancuzzi and Shane Warden
The next review in my work related books thread is of Masterminds of Programming by Federico Biancuzzi and Shane Warden. The subtitle, Conversations with the creators of major programming languages, is a good summary of the contents. The book is an edited transcript of interviews with the creators of major programming languages. Frequently the conversation…
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