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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.
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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.

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