The problem is as i see it that the Open Source
Programmers are more interested in getting something to work... this is what most of us want
to see:).. but when it comes to the nasty problems of how and when to handle errors or exception conditions, it is no longer fun, but tedious work and thus is left on the back burner..
who then is willing to jump in and add error handling code to a module when the fun stuff (it is already up and running) has already been coded?
I first ran across this book in a course at the University of Toronto on Religion and Science Fiction.. This was 30 years ago, and every few years I pick up the books that were recommended reading, and re-read them. This book is one that had a lasting impression on me, I guess from the overall idea of one who is willing to follow an ideal, and be involved in a bigger and altruistic mission, and accept being an outsider.
Other books included:
Last and First Men and Star Maker by Olaf Stapleton ( a future history, and really a hard read, but an attempt to look at where human kind will go)
C.S. Lewis's trilogy : Out of the silent planet Perelandra That Hiddeous Strength C.S. Lewis's books were written at the time that Tolkein was writing the Lord of the Rings as part of his attempt to write an alternate history. He and Tolkein were members of the same club, and had made a pact to try to write these books.. I found these books very interesting reading as well, but a bit heavy on the religious symbolism. (C.S. Lewis was a theologian) I also liked his Narnia series.
Lilith by George MacDonald. This was written in the late 1800's and may well have been the first Fantasy novel ever written. It was a truely well written book that delves into the nature of evil, via travels into alternate worlds.
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hmm, everyone at work knows they end up at my place... hehe lets see. I've got enough parts to make about 30 z80 CPM machines... !! and yes with 8 inch Floppies!!!! A Motorola 68000 Unix machine vintage 1985 A Sun 3/80 whose hard drive I have to spin up manually cause the bearings are gone. multiple 80x86 machines an old LINE PRINTER.. haha and its fast DUH! and my latest acquisition, a 1989 vintage photocopieer. muahahahaha
but the cream de la cream are the 1 foot by 1 foot magnetic pole memory cards that each hold 1 K or memory!!!!
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The problem is as i see it that the Open Source :) .. but when it comes to the nasty problems of how and when to handle errors or exception conditions, it is no longer fun, but tedious work and thus is left on the back burner..
Programmers are more interested in getting something to work... this is what most of us want
to see
who then is willing to jump in and add error handling code to a module when the fun stuff (it is already up and running) has already been coded?
I first ran across this book in a course
at the University of Toronto on Religion and
Science Fiction.. This was 30 years ago, and
every few years I pick up the books that
were recommended reading, and re-read them.
This book is one that had a lasting impression
on me, I guess from the overall idea of one
who is willing to follow an ideal, and be involved
in a bigger and altruistic mission, and accept
being an outsider.
Other books included:
Last and First Men and Star Maker
by Olaf Stapleton
( a future history, and really a hard read,
but an attempt to look at where human
kind will go)
C.S. Lewis's trilogy :
Out of the silent planet
Perelandra
That Hiddeous Strength
C.S. Lewis's books were written at the time
that Tolkein was writing the Lord of the Rings
as part of his attempt to write an alternate
history. He and Tolkein were members of the
same club, and had made a pact to try to write
these books..
I found these books very interesting reading
as well, but a bit heavy on the religious
symbolism.
(C.S. Lewis was a theologian)
I also liked his Narnia series.
Lilith by George MacDonald.
This was written in the late 1800's and
may well have been the first Fantasy novel
ever written. It was a truely well written
book that delves into the nature of evil,
via travels into alternate worlds.
read
hmm, everyone at work knows they end up at my place... hehe .. haha and its fast DUH!
lets see.
I've got enough parts to make about 30 z80 CPM
machines... !!
and yes with 8 inch Floppies!!!!
A Motorola 68000 Unix machine vintage 1985
A Sun 3/80 whose hard drive I have to spin up
manually cause the bearings are gone.
multiple 80x86 machines
an old LINE PRINTER
and my latest acquisition, a 1989 vintage photocopieer.
muahahahaha
but the cream de la cream are the 1 foot by 1 foot
magnetic pole memory cards that each hold
1 K or memory!!!!