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• dantheman · Jul 18, 2009 · Recommends

  Stan Veit's History of the Personal Computer http://www.amazon.com/Stan-Veits-History-Personal-Computer/d... Accidental Empires http://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Empires-Silicon-Millions-Co... Go To http://www.amazon.com/Engineers-Scientists-Iconoclasts-Progr...

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• bhaumik · Dec 29, 2013 · Recommends

  I highly recommend "Go To" by Steve Lohr [1]. The book follows a chronological path from the pre-Hopper/Turing era through Apache and the early open source movement. We learn history of the following languages: FORTRAN, COBAL,…

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• lifeisstillgood · Apr 18, 2020 · Recommends

  I would like to recommend "Go To - Software Superheroes" By Steve Lohr. It has great span from Fortran to (from memory) Word. Really enjoyed it and learnt a few things https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1861972431

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• pjungwir · Dec 12, 2014 · Critical

  …circuits and builds up a whole functioning computer. Hackers by Steven Levy is a great history of the 50s to 80s. Very focused on the personalities of the non-establishment people who made things happen. Go To by Steve Lohr is also a history and super boring. Give it a pass. The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick Brooks--if you haven't read this yet, it's pretty light, and it's amazing how contemporary it feels.…

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