20th Sep 2009
Coders at Work
Coders at Work is a new book from Apress which follows the same format as Founders at Work which I reviewed here earlier. It is collection of interviews by Peter Seibel (yes, the same guy who wrote the excellent Practical Common Lisp) with some of the icons of software programming like Peter Norvig, Ken Thompson, Donald Knuth, Joshua Bloch, Douglas Crockford etc (the initial list consisted of 284 people and was narrowed down to 15). Not surprisingly there is a lot of excitement around the book and is getting good reviews on Amazon. I hope to read it soon. I almost pre-ordered it from Amazon but since my Amazon Prime had expired I would have had to pay for shipping (since it is under the $25 limit) so I didnt complete the order. Unfortunately the discount has now decreased from 43% to 34%. Now I wonder whether I should buy it or get it from the library. Not that I mind shelling out $20 for a good book but my apartment is now full of books that I am trying to reduce the number of books that I buy. There is also a companion website for the book at codersatwork.com.
Coders at Work is a new book from Apress which follows the same format as Founders at Work which I reviewed here earlier. It is collection of interviews by Peter Seibel (yes, the same guy who wrote the excellent Practical Common Lisp) with some of the icons of software programming like Peter Norvig, Ken Thompson, Donald Knuth, Joshua Bloch, Douglas Crockford etc (the initial list consisted of 284 people and was narrowed down to 15). Not surprisingly there is a lot of excitement around the book and is getting good reviews on Amazon. I hope to read it soon. I almost pre-ordered it from Amazon but since my Amazon Prime had expired I would have had to pay for shipping (since it is under the $25 limit) so I didnt complete the order. Unfortunately the discount has now decreased from 43% to 34%. Now I wonder whether I should buy it or get it from the library. Not that I mind shelling out $20 for a good book but my apartment is now full of books that I am trying to reduce the number of books that I buy. There is also a companion website for the book at codersatwork.com.
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