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A journalistic account of the personalities and decisions behind major advances in software, from the development of COBOL through the rise of open source. Kernighan writes that it 'seems very accurate in the places where I know the story, and it's often fascinating.'
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Brian Kernighan
“It seems very accurate in the places where I know the story, and it's often fascinating.”
Listed in the Programming section; notable because Kernighan personally vouches for its accuracy, implying firsthand knowledge of the events described.
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Keith Rabois
Recommended for entrepreneurs on his reading list.
- Patrick Collison