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Great Computer Science Papers?
slevin writes "Recently I listened to a talk by Alan Kay who mentioned that many 'new' software ideas had already been discovered decades earlier by computer scientists - but 'nobody reads these great papers anymore.' Over the years I have had the opportunity to read some really great and thought-provoking academic papers in Computer Science and would like to read more, but there are just too many to sort through. I'm wondering what great or seminal papers others have encountered. Since Google has no answers, perhaps we can come up with a list for the rest of the world?"
Don't forget to support MS, you open source fucktards!
Oh, yeah, first post!
to2600 owns j00
Think about it. For a lot of stuff you do with computers, it doesn't matter how you implement a solution. Processor speed is faster and faster and many of the tasks haven't changed. So ignore the crufty old stuff about register twiddling and what not. Implement your solution in a clear and straight forward manner. Let the processor do the heavy lifting.
Whenever I'm feeling constipated, I read this paper on .NET.. Whenever I'm running low on toilet paper, the Atlanta Urinal and Constipation...
Yeah I'm out of the academia loop and don't read too much published works aside from whatever gets noticed here...
-B
That's so pointless. UI stuff is only useful for a subsection of the population, those who are TOO DAMNED STUPID TO USE A CONSOLE. Anyone worth their salt (who would be reading these papers) will know how to handle their way around without a UI.