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Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: Code
Criminal code?
A judge's decision to ban a DVD-playing Linux program and all discussion about it outrages the free-software community.
The end of the road for Pascal?
A venerable language falls victim to changing programming fashions.
The free software story
Complete Salon Technology coverage of Linux, the open-source movement and free software's ideas and personalities.
Glory among the geeks
For serious programmers, contributing code to Linux pays off not in dollars but in respect.
The dumbing-down of programming
Part Two: Returning to the source. Once knowledge disappears into code, how do we retrieve it?
The dumbing-down of programming
Rebelling against Microsoft and its wizards, an engineer rediscovers the joys of difficult computing. First of two parts.
sliced off by the cutting edge
A software engineer despairs at keeping up with every new techno-trend. Second excerpt from Ullman's 'Close to the Machine.'
21st: Elegance and Entropy
Ellen Ullman talks about what makes programmers tick.
Disappearing into the code
A deadline brings programmers to the place of no shame. The body melts away, the mind
races. Only one thing matters: Can you fix that demon bug? First of two
excerpts from Ullman's "Close to the Machine." Complete alphabetical listing of directory topics: |
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