ACM Turing Award Lectures
by ACM · first published 1991
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This book has the first 20. I have read through the first 5 or so and highly recommend it. https://www.amazon.com/ACM-Turing-Award-Lectures-1966-1985/d...
on “Ask HN: Older textbooks/papers you consider classics still worth studying today?” ↗…some books gradually on history of computing & the various designs and rationale that evolved over time. Consider these sources: 1. The Annotated Turing. 2. A History of Modern Computing 3ed 3. The ACM Turing award lectures 4. Theory of computation - Dexter Kozen 5. Coders at Work 6. Hackers: Heroes of the computer revolution Additionally, you could subscribe to Communications of ACM, which is a computing oriented monthly…
on “Ask HN: Best way to learn about computing history?” ↗Here are 5 of my favorites nobody has mentioned here yet: - The Art of Computer Programming, Knuth - The Algorithm Design Manual, Skiena - The Practice of Programming, Kernighan and Pike - ACM Turing Award Lectures - Applied Cryptography, Schneier
on “Five Memorable Books About Programming” ↗…Algorithmics - Harel The Practice of Programming - Kernighan & Pike Concurrency Control and Recovery in Database Systems - Bernstein, Hadzilacos, Goodman. Recovery in Parallel Database Systems - Hvasshovd ACM Turing Award Lectures
on “ASK HN: Hacker Bibles” ↗ACM Turing Award Lectures: The First Twenty Years 1966-1985 https://www.amazon.com/ACM-Turing-Award-Lectures-1966-1985/d... For subsequent years, see http://amturing.acm.org/lectures.cfm ACM A.M. Turing Award Lectures video…
on “The Programmer as Navigator (1973) [pdf]” ↗