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I have been reading through this book, as each chapter is separate to all the others. It is, overall, a quality work, but some chapters definitely stand above
by sonnym 13y ago
I have been reading through this book, as each chapter is separate to all the others. It is, overall, a quality work, but some chapters definitely stand above others. On the downside, there is little cohesion between the chapters and, while some themes run throughout the course of the book, do not expect some clear takeaway at the end.
- ciex 13y agoWhich chapters stood out to you in particular?
- sonnym 13y agoI am only about a quarter of the way through the book, but thus far I would have to say the chapters on BerkeleyDB and Eclipse were the most interesting, both containing a lot of history and insight into how the projects changed over time. The chapters on Audacity, Bash, and CMake were all pretty good, but I did not find them as enlightening. I guess that means, thus far, the book is about a third of each: very interesting, modestly interesting, and mediocre. Not too bad considering each chapter is written by different individuals.
- malandrew 13y agoWell at 1/3, 1/3 and 1/3, at least the selection of authors chosen are beating Sturgeon's Law.
- ternaryoperator 13y agoThe chapter on LLVM is excellent as well. Really explains the architecture and the choices made.