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Re:My boys love 1986 computing by mhjensen on Monday November 24, 2014 @02:03PM (#8654015)
I agree with this sentiment. Do you have any good recommendations for books on the history computer science? Lots of options available, but I'm looking for a technical overview of the subject.
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Re:My boys love 1986 computing by eah13 on Monday November 24, 2014 @02:53PM (#8654379)
In the beginning there was the command line (1999) is the best I know http://faculty.georgetown.edu/irvinem/theory/Stephenson-Comm...

Happy to hear suggestions of others- I haven't found much and haven't looked lately.

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Re:My boys love 1986 computing by mhjensen on Tuesday November 25, 2014 @12:43PM (#8658678)
I really enjoy reading Neal Stephenson, thanks for finding this!
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