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From the mid eighties onward, BYTE was instrumental in steering me towards Computer Science with inspirational articles by people like Dick Pountain and Steven
by bouvin 5y ago
From the mid eighties onward, BYTE was instrumental in steering me towards Computer Science with inspirational articles by people like Dick Pountain and Steven Ciarcia (and, to a much lesser degree, Pournelle, whose articles seemingly mainly consisted of him breaking stuff and being astounded by tech supporters who did not know Who He Was). It filled for a while, together with Dr. Dobb's Journal, a space between the hobbyist and trade magazines and the scientific journals (that at the time was well out of my reach) – a space that since became a void.
- phkahler 5y agoSteve's history went on beyond Byte: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ciarcia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ciarcia His projects in Byte were better IMHO as it was usually just him doing some cool or impressive stuff. Sometimes he'd get some help, but he didn't have a regular staff back then.
- JohnFen 5y agoI was getting ready to make this exact comment. Byte and Dr. Dobb's were both critical to me and my entry into computer science.
- a-dub 5y agoalso the C users journal.