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From: Stuff Received <stuff@riddermarkfarm.ca>
To: tuhs@tuhs.org
Subject: [TUHS] Re: Book: "You Are Not Expected to Understand This"
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 20:12:02 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ffe2e4bb-d2e2-695d-8b60-1c90e2c7f394@riddermarkfarm.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.21.9999.2211131046080.43868@aneurin.horsfall.org>

On 2022-11-12 19:02, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> I spotted this when glancing through a book catalogue; well, with a title
> like that how could I miss it?
>
> Subtitled "How 26 Lines of Code Changed the World", edited by Torie Bosch
> and illustrated by Kelly Chudler (can't say that I've heard of them).
>
> Summary:
>
> ``Programming is behind so much of life today, and this book draws together
>    a group of distinguished thinkers and technologists to reveal the
>    stories and people behind the computer coding that shapes our
>    world.  From how university's [sic] databases were set up to
>    recognise only two genders to the first computer worm and the
>    first pop-up ad, the diverse topics reveal the consequences of
>    historical decisions and their long-lasting, profound implications.
>    Pb $34.99''
>
> Lines of code, eh? :-)
>
> Abbey's Bookshop: www.abbeys.com.au
>
> Disclaimer: I have no connection with them, but I'll likely buy it.
>
> -- Dave

Does subscribe to COFF anymore?  I mentioned this a few weeks ago on 
COFF (https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/coff/2022-October/001315.html) 
with only one reply.

N.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-11-13  1:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-11-13  0:02 [TUHS] " Dave Horsfall
2022-11-13  0:25 ` [TUHS] " Kenneth Goodwin
2022-11-13  1:12   ` Rob Pike
2022-11-13  1:52     ` Larry McVoy
2022-11-13  1:12 ` Stuff Received [this message]
2022-11-13 21:58   ` Dave Horsfall
2022-11-14 22:48 ` Dave Horsfall
2022-11-14 14:14 Douglas McIlroy
2022-11-14 15:50 ` Clem Cole
2022-11-14 16:58 Norman Wilson
2022-11-14 19:17 ` Larry McVoy
2022-11-14 19:50   ` Dave Horsfall

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