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Author here: Cool to see this here, bpierre. Thank you. I really hope some HN readers decide to give this book a look; it's really shockingly good, all the more
by robinsloan 14y ago
Author here: Cool to see this here, bpierre. Thank you. I really hope some HN readers decide to give this book a look; it's really shockingly good, all the more so for having been written in 1997. I'm a decidedly amateur programmer, but even I found myself nodding my head, thinking: "Yes, that's it. That's it!"
- shalmanese 14y agobought, thanks
- iamdann 14y agoThis is absolutely fantastic.
- breadbox 14y agoI discovered Ellen Fullman by chance back in the 90s. Unfortunately she hasn't writing any nonfiction since that I know of -- her last two books are both novels. "The Bug" is a fun read, particularly if you've ever had to do any low-level GUI programming back in the pre-browser days, but it's a little thin overall. Haven't read her newest one yet. If she started writing nonfiction again, I'd buy it sight unseen.