Re:Ellen Ullman wrote the most precise account of “computer ...
by jonjacky on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @08:08PM
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What other similar books would you recommend?
Other memoirs by people who worked in computing and became disillusioned or dissatisfied with it:
Joseph Weizenbaum, Computer Power and Human Reason (1976)
Cliff Stoll, Silicon Snake Oil (1995)
Neither is all memoir like Ullman's book -- both are mostly exposition and argument. But both have some passages of memoir, and in both the author's personality shows through clearly throughout.
Other memoirs by people who worked in computing and became disillusioned or dissatisfied with it:
Joseph Weizenbaum, Computer Power and Human Reason (1976)
Cliff Stoll, Silicon Snake Oil (1995)
Neither is all memoir like Ullman's book -- both are mostly exposition and argument. But both have some passages of memoir, and in both the author's personality shows through clearly throughout.