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Masterminds of Programming : Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages

by: Biancuzzi, Federico

ISBN: 9780596515171 | 0596515170

Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc
Pub. Date: 4/18/2009

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Summary Author Biography

Masterminds of Programming features incisive interviews with the creators of several historic and highly influential programming languages. From Adin D. Falkoff, who began APL in 1957, to Anders Hejlsberg, who formed the C# design team in 1999, you'll learn the process that led to specific design decisions: the goals they had in mind, the trade-offs they had to make, and how their experiences have left an impact on programming today. Think along with James Gosling (Java), Bjarne Stroustrup (C++), and others whose vision and hard work helped sha... MOREpe the computer industry. Masterminds of Programming includes individual interviews with:Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan: AWK (1977) Charles H Moore: FORTH (1968) James Gosling: Java (1995) Grady Booch, Ivar Jacobson, and James Rumbaugh: UML (1997) Adin D. Falkoff: APL (1964) Robin Milner: functional language ML (1973) Simon Peyton Jones: functional language Haskell (1990) Donald D. Chamberlin and Raymond F. Boyce: SQL (1974) Bjarne Stroustrup: C++ (1983) Anders Hejlsberg: Delphi inventor and lead developer of C# (2001) Guido van Rossum: Python (1991) Larry Wall: Perl (1987)If you're a programmer or system designer, the detailed interviews in Masterminds of Programming offer valuable advice you can apply to systems you're developing, even if you don't use the specific languages being discussed. Anyone interested in the history of the computer age will find this book indispensable.

Programming Revolutionaries interviews the legendary inventors of historic computer languages to derive lessons for programmers and future system designers. Each interviewee offers insights on the goals of the language, how they are relevant to computing today and the future, and what lessons readers can learn from the language's development and apply to the systems they are developing, whether or not they use the language in question. Interviewees include: Adin D. Falkoff (APL); Aho, Weinberger, and Kernighan (AWK) (C#); Bjarne Stroustrup (C++); Charles H Moore (FORTH); Simon Peyton Jones (Haskell); James Gosling (Java); Robin Milner (ML); Larry Wall (Perl); Guido van Rossum (Python) (SQL); and, Grady Booch, Ivar Jacobson, and James Rumbaugh (UML).

Featuring exclusive interviews with the creators of several historic and highly influential programming languages, this unique collection teaches 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.

Federico Biancuzzi is a freelance interviewer. His interviews appeared on publications such as ONLamp.com, LinuxDevCenter.com, SecurityFocus.com, NewsForge.com, Linux.com, TheRegister.co.uk, ArsTechnica.com, the Polish print magazine BSD Magazine, and the Italian print magazine Linux&C.

Shane Warden manages Onyx Neon Press, an independent publisher. His areas of expertise include agile software development, language design, and virtual machines for dynamic languages. He is also a published novelist. His books include The Art of Agile Development and Masterminds of Programming.

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