Go To: The Story of the Math Majors, Bridge Players, Engineers, Chess Wizards, Maverick Scientists, and Iconoclasts-- the Programmers Who Created the Software Revolution

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bhaumik · 2013-12-29 · Original thread

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, Unix, C, BASIC, Visual Basic, Algol, Pascal, C++. Also covered are the founding stories of IBM, Microsoft and Macintosh and their "business" practices.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Engineers-Scientists-Iconoclasts---Pro...

dantheman · 2009-07-18 · Original thread

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...

ISBN: 0465042260