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> "Every virtual machine today is imitating in software what we was directly in the hardware in 1961. That's one of the reasons I say we don't have a field. The
by michael_j_ward 5y ago
> "Every virtual machine today is imitating in software what we was directly in the hardware in 1961. That's one of the reasons I say we don't have a field. The reason we don't have a field is because none of you know this. It'd be like a physicist not knowing what Newton had done." ~paraphrasing around 52:45
As someone that did not know and would certainly like to learn more about the history of computing, what books / resources would you recommend?
- kristoft 5y agoI'd recommend going through "Early history of Smalltalk" and "The Dream machine". First covers Kay's work and Smalltalk - how it started, what was the reasoning behind it. I'm still in progress with the second one, but it gives pretty deep dive in history of computing, covering a lot about personalities behind the field and their work.
- jazzido 5y agoI would add "Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age" by Michael Hiltzik.
- eirikvaa 5y agoThe Innovators by Walter Isaacson and Where Wizards Stay Up Late by Katie Hafner and Matthew Lyon are excellent.