Go To: The Story of the Math Majors, Bridge Players, Engineers, Chess
Wizards, Maverick Scientists and Iconoclasts--The Programmers Who Created the
Software Revolution : Steve Lohr
This is a book about the people who built the
software industry - or at least of few of them. It's pretty well done, and
pretty accessible. All in all, this book provides some nice insights about just
what it is that we in the field do, day to day. It's not all about sitting
alone in front of computer... really.
This book explores the human side of the
information age. Lohr covers the Microsoft and Apple stories, but he also digs
deeply to learn how Fortran and Cobol were developed and ventures into the
open-source world. He's pretty good at personalizing the process of software
development, which makes this more accessible to the lay person. For someone in
the field - it's a quick read providing good perspectives on the history of
software development and engineering.
Posted: Sat
- January 1, 2005 at 11:31 AM