On 10/10/2012 04:07 PM, John Gordon wrote:
> I still have your copy of this Owen :-) I'll try to get it back to you.
>
> John
Dear John,
I forgot you had it, I would just lend it out again, but if we don’t
meet soon, please give it to a project manager or developer who deserves
or would benefit from it, as I wont be in Beijing for HEPiX sadly.
Regards
Owen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LHC Computer Grid - Rollout [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Owen Synge
> Sent: 09 October 2012 17:46
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> Subject: Re: [LCG-ROLLOUT] Back to the future
>
> Hi Stephen,
>
> The "mythical man month" is still one of my favorite computer books.
>
> It was first published in 1975. Though I recommend if you live in a time
> period after 1995 (we wont exclude time travelers) get the second
> edition as the followup chapters are up to or improve upon the quality
> of previous chapters.
>
> I particularly like where he states that interactive computing (rather
> than punched cards) will not solve the problems of computing, but has
> benefits in reducing debug cycle times.
>
> People have a strange idea computing is a fast changing field (if they
> want to see one that is fast changing call a biochemist). This book is
> clear evidence that it has changed little.
>
> Regards
>
> Owen
>
> PS:
>
> Don't worry the Plan9 Vs VMS Vs OS/360 discussions will last until the
> end of time.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 10/09/2012 06:28 PM, Stephen Burke wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Just for amusement, I just got a mailshot from Springer (publisher) and I'm a bit surprised by the content:
>>
>> Top 5 downloaded titles in Computer Science
>>
>> More Math Into Latex
>> The Algorithm Design Manual
>> Introduction to Programming with Fortran
>> Encyclopedia of Machine Learning
>> Cloud Computing
>>
>> So Latex and Fortran are as hot as clouds?!
>>
>> S "Still waiting for VMS to make a comeback" B
>>
>>
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