The Cuckoo's Egg was the first real computer book I read. I went home and tried Unix commands on my DOS 6.21 286. I read it years later - this time understand

The Cuckoo's Egg was the first real computer book I read. I went home and tried Unix commands on my DOS 6.21 286. I read it years later - this time understanding what was going a wee bit better. Still a good book. It was and is a great book. The presentation linked is also pretty interesting. To me it has a ring of Psychology of Programming, wherein the same issues are found endemic to the situation for decades and decades.