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Thanks for the snippets. That's pretty much exactly what I was afraid it would be like. Kind of "Ghost of a new machine" without any of the things that made i

Thanks for the snippets. That's pretty much exactly what I was afraid it would be like. Kind of "Ghost of a new machine" without any of the things that made it interesting. I can certainly see why this sort of thing would appeal to some folks. For me though, I don't think I could sit through a whole book of bitter guys complaining: "they rewrote my thing in C++ and it failed. Told you so!" Founders was about inspiration. From what you show, Coders is not.

plinkplonk 17y ago
"Founders was about inspiration. From what you show, Coders is not." For you, sure. I find both inspiring (in different ways). The point was it depends on the person. I would be bored stiff listening to yet another business guy talk about how he made his billions. I like programmers stories about their successes, failures, learning and insights. As someone else said , "different strokes". "I don't think I could sit through a whole book of bitter guys " If you think Don Knuth, Peter Norvig, Simon Peyton Jones and Jamie Zawinski (randomly picked from the book's interviewees) are "bitter guys complaining" (!), based on one sentence in a small set of excerpts(!!), this book is certainly not for you! I like Founders at Work. I like Coders at Work. They are both great books.