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This is a collection of papers and materials from the Second ACM SIGPLAN History of Programming Languages Conference (HOPL-II), April 20-23, 1993. The conference had both invited and submitted papers, and covered Ada, Algol 68, C, C++, CLU, Discrete Simulation Languages, FORMAC, Forth, Icon, Lisp, Concurrent Pascal, Pascal, and Smalltalk. Each language has a paper on its history, and may also have a transcript of the presentation of the paper at the conference, reaction from a discussant, and a transcript of the question and answer period at the conference. Invited papers had at least two years to prepare, as well as assistance in terms of the questions to be answered and advice on how best to write a paper for the historical record. ... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Hard Drive charts Gates's missteps as well as his successes: the failure of OS/2 and the embarrassing delays in bringing Windows to the marketplace; the highly publicized split with IBM, which then forged an alliance with Apple to battle Microsoft; the public relations fallout over various exploits of Gates; and the investigations by the Federal Trade Commission. Wallace and Erickson also examine the combative, often abrasive side of Gates's personality that has alienated many of Microsoft's rivals and even employees, and led to his being labeled "The Silicon Bully" by Business Month Magazine. They report: In the early 80's, Microsoft's Multiplan lost out to Lotus 1-2-3 in the marketplace. According to one Microsoft programmer, a... Rest of this review on the detail page
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This book delivers exactly what its title promises: a straightforward and comprehensive account of the electronic digital computer's first five decades. Starting with the historic ENIAC of 1945, Ceruzzi moves nimbly through one epochal generation of computing technology after another: the gargantuan, vacuum-tube-filled mainframes of the early '50s; the sleeker, transistorized minicomputers of the '60s; the personal computers conjured up by hobbyists in the '70s; and the computer networks that have come to span offices and the globe in the last 10 years. Ceruzzi places all of these developments in the context of the social phenomena that shaped them: the imperatives of Cold War research, the evolving needs of information-swamped businesses, ... Rest of this review on the detail page
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Now computer professionals can have instant access to the all new 10th Edition of the IBM Dictionary of Computing defining 18,000 terms. This one-of-a-kind desk reference covers virtually all information processing, personal computing telecommunications, office systems, and IBM-specific terms. Never before available to the general public, the IBM Dictionary of Computing includes terms and definitions from: The American National Standard Dictionary for Information Systems, ANSI X3.172-1990; The ANSI/EIA Standard - 440-A, Fiber Optic Terminology; The Information Technology Vocabulary, developed by (ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC1); Information for IBM products announced since the previous edition of the dictionary.
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This is a handy collection of pithy quotations about computers: advice, put-downs, off-the-mark predictions, and other snippets from experts such as Steve Jobs, Ted Nelson, Thomas J. Watson, George Bush, and Duckman. Anyone who writes, speaks, or thinks about computers is sure to find at least a few useful tidbits for their work in this book: "The goal was that it had to be better than the back of an envelope. -- Dan Bricklin, creator of VisiCalc, circa 1978 "Unlike print, electronic text defies proverbial wisdom. You can have your cake, give it away, then eat it, and still have it." -- Richard A. Lanham, 1993
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