Ask HN: Alan Kay says programing is pop culture. Where can I find the classics?
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Most important software innovations, 1837 --
http://www.dwheeler.com/innovation/innovation.html#innovatio...
Origins and precursors, 1936 - 1982: Turing, Von Neumann, Shannon, etc. http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~christos/classics/cs298.html
A Golden Age? 1964 -- 1974 http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/2059
Significant new inventions in computing since 1980 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/432922/significant-new-in...
Lisp machines, other language-based machines and OS: Smalltalk, etc. https://github.com/jon-jacky/Piety/blob/master/doc/precursor...
Origins and precursors, 1936 - 1982: Turing, Von Neumann, Shannon, etc. http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~christos/classics/cs298.html
A Golden Age? 1964 -- 1974 http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/2059
Significant new inventions in computing since 1980 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/432922/significant-new-in...
Lisp machines, other language-based machines and OS: Smalltalk, etc. https://github.com/jon-jacky/Piety/blob/master/doc/precursor...
Also, classic papers 1945 -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_important_publications_...
OK, as a non-coder, I'd recommend seeing the video of The Mother of All Demos:
http://youtu.be/yJDv-zdhzMY
I'd also suggest reading Ted Nelson's book, "Literary Machines."
Another book would be Steven Levy's "Hackers." And Paul Freiberger & Michael Swaine's book, "Fire in the Valley."
http://youtu.be/yJDv-zdhzMY
I'd also suggest reading Ted Nelson's book, "Literary Machines."
Another book would be Steven Levy's "Hackers." And Paul Freiberger & Michael Swaine's book, "Fire in the Valley."
If you can find it, Computer Lib would probably be good too, though it's sort of just a prequel to Literary Machines.
(I myself failed at this task.)
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"Pop culture is all about identity and feeling like you're participating. It has nothing to do with cooperation, the past or the future — it's living in the present. I think the same is true of most people who write code for money. They have no idea where [their culture came from]."
http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/interview-with-alan-kay/240003442?pgno=1
What books, documentaries, papers, essays, etc would you recommend to someone hoping to better verse themselves in programming/software's history?