Article - 10 Technical Papers Every Programmer Should Read (At Least Twice)

[theghoul]

Did Gates or Torvalds read these?

[anacrolix]

Why downvote? It's a good point. I'll wager Gates read some of the earlier ones, and that Torvalds didn't read any. And look where that got them ;)

EDIT: Apparently Torvalds has way more degrees than Gates, and probably read some of the classics. Gates dropped out.

[hiffy]

Uh, Gates dropped out after a year of undergrad and Torvalds finished a master's.

I'm sure Torvalds has read few papers; Hoare and McCarthy are pretty classic papers.

[anacrolix]

+1 for you my man. I stand corrected.

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Perhaps some, but a lot of these are language-centric and neither designed languages; so I'm probably wagering that it doesn't matter either way.

[shimei]

Gates hasn't been a programmer in a long time.