quentin@umb.umb.edu (Quentin Fennessy) (08/18/88)
In the short time I have been reading postings on Usenet, I have been lucky enough to here about several fascinating papers or memos from the past. I read of HAKMEM here, and am slowly trying to learn from it. (Interesting, but obtuse) (Or maybe I'm obtuse..., and HAKMEM is obscure) Someone also asked for the "/* NOTREACHED */ C programming style paper". That was also great. One of the the authors was very helpful when I reached him with email. My question is this, and I think many others will benefit also. What other papers, or sources of information might be found. I can't define exactly what I am looking for, but HAKMEM and /* NOTREACHED */ are excellent samples. So is the book The Unix Programming Environment, and Elements of Programming Style. I am a CS student, and my interests are very general. I have already started to read the Usenix publications, and I try to keep up with the monthly mags as well. Thanks a lot. If people email me directly with responses I will organize them and repost them to the net. Quentin Fennessy
ken@aiva.ed.ac.uk (Ken Johnson) (08/19/88)
Two things (1) The Hacker's Dictionary, a super paperback. Don't know publisher, author, price, ISBN. (But I do remember that it is red. :-) (2) `Some notes on Logo Style' (I wrote it). From Margaret Pithie, Dept of Artificial Intelligence, Forrest Hill, The University, EDINBURGH, Scotland EH2 1QL (Forrest is spelt right) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Ken Johnson (Half Man Half Bicycle) Address: AI Applications Institute, The University, EDINBURGH Phone: 031-225 4464 ext 212 Email: k.johnson@ed.ac.uk