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I find it surprising that you thought Mythical Man Month was "brutally outdated" Bentley's Programming Pearls, by that standard, is also "brutally outdated" -
by warrenm 4y ago
I find it surprising that you thought Mythical Man Month was "brutally outdated"
Bentley's Programming Pearls, by that standard, is also "brutally outdated" - but the point of the book is not "how do I make this work in early 1980s technology"
The point of PP is "ask the right question"
The point of MMM is "add resources when necessary; be brutally minimalistic about how many resources are added"
- it_citizen 4y agoI said the examples are brutally outdated, not the message. The book is filled with acronyms and names I didn’t know because they are 60 years old. I’d rather read a 2023 version if I could.
- warrenm 4y agoThe acronyms and names are basically irrelevant to the point, though :) If anything, having "outdated" acronyms and names may actually make the message stronger - because you don't need to be distracted by what they "are", you can just accept they exist[ed] :)
- it_citizen 4y agoI get that it is a classic but arguing that understanding less words and examples in a book makes the message stronger is a tough sell.