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I soaked that book up as a 15 year old when it was released. I remember proudly writing a report on it. In retrospect, The Road Ahead probably had a more profo
by colinbartlett 11y ago
I soaked that book up as a 15 year old when it was released. I remember proudly writing a report on it.
In retrospect, The Road Ahead probably had a more profound effect on me than I realized at the time. There's a great quote from the book which sums up why I took hold to computers and software more than many of the other creative and engineering related endeavors I had at the time:
"Computers are great because when you're working with them you get immediate results that let you know if your program works. It's feedback you don't get from many other things."
- wslh 11y ago> "Computers are great because when you're working with them you get immediate results that let you know if your program works. It's feedback you don't get from many other things." No, you get that feedback from playing music and singing.
- fffrad 11y agoI played music badly for years, never noticed it.
- forgetsusername 11y agoNo what? He says "many" other things, not "any other things".
- wslh 11y agoCooking, dancing, playing with Legos, etc.
- Immortalin 11y agoLisp fan?