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Re:Alan Kay's answer to ‘what are some forgotten books progr... by numbsafari on Friday August 09, 2019 @09:02AM (#20653872)
I love that Joe Armstrong's PhD thesis is on this list. I have it on my reading list for junior engineers. It's incredibly accessible and the mental model is very powerful.
Re:Alan Kay's answer to ‘what are some forgotten books progr... by privong on Friday August 09, 2019 @09:29AM (#20654094)
Here's a link for those who are interested in reading it: https://web.archive.org/web/20041204143417/http://www.sics.s...

This was archived from http://www.sics.se/~joe/thesis/armstrong_thesis_2003.pdf which now returns a 404 Error.

Re:Alan Kay's answer to ‘what are some forgotten books progr... by criddell on Friday August 09, 2019 @09:14AM (#20653959)
Re:Alan Kay's answer to ‘what are some forgotten books progr... by tseabra on Friday August 09, 2019 @02:44PM (#20657206)
Would you mind sharing that list? :)
Re:Alan Kay's answer to ‘what are some forgotten books progr... by saberience on Friday August 09, 2019 @10:47AM (#20654849)
Yeah, how accessible is a 295 page PhD thesis where half of it is Erlang specific for junior engineers? Unless you want them to quit their jobs, or complain to their friends what a crap manager they have.
Re:Alan Kay's answer to ‘what are some forgotten books progr... by numbsafari on Friday August 09, 2019 @11:41AM (#20655379)
Relax. Nobody said it was a mandatory reading list. There are no tests. It's a suggested reading list that I pull from depending on context. Joe's thesis is incredibly accessible.

At least two of my items were on Alan Kay's list. The other being "The Mythical Man Month", especially the edition with the "No Silver Bullet" article, which a depressing number of people in our industry seem to not have read. So I don't feel like I'm too far off the mark.