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Masterminds of Programming features exclusive interviews
with the creators of several historic and highly influential
programming languages. Think along with Adin D. Falkoff (APL),
James Gosling (Java), Bjarne Stroustrup (C++), and others whose
vision and hard work helped shape the computer industry. You'll
find advice you can apply to systems you're developing, even if
you don't use the specific languages being discussed.
Full Description
Masterminds of Programming features exclusive interviews
with the creators of several historic and highly influential
programming languages. In this unique collection, you'll learn
about the processes that led to specific design decisions,
including the goals they had in mind, the trade-offs they had
to make, and how their experiences have left an impact on
programming today. Masterminds of Programming includes
individual interviews with:
* Adin D. Falkoff: APL
* Thomas E. Kurtz: BASIC
* Charles H. Moore: FORTH
* Robin Milner: ML
* Donald D. Chamberlin: SQL
* Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan: AWK
* Charles Geschke and John Warnock: PostScript
* Bjarne Stroustrup: C++
* Bertrand Meyer: Eiffel
* Brad Cox and Tom Love: Objective-C
* Larry Wall: Perl
* Simon Peyton Jones, Paul Hudak, Philip Wadler, and John
Hughes: Haskell
* Guido van Rossum: Python
* Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo and Roberto Ierusalimschy:
Lua
* James Gosling: Java
* Grady Booch, Ivar Jacobson, and James Rumbaugh: UML
* Anders Hejlsberg: Delphi inventor and lead developer of
C#
If you're interested in the people whose vision and hard
work helped shape the computer industry, you'll find
Masterminds of Programming fascinating.