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001 2004302231
003 DLC
005 20090616115440.0
008 040824s2004 caua b 001 0 eng d
010 $a 2004302231
020 $a0596006624
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm55499541
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042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aHD8039.D37$bG73 2004
082 04 $a005.1/092$222
100 1 $aGraham, Paul,$d1964-
245 10 $aHackers & painters :$bbig ideas from the computer age /$cPaul Graham.
246 3 $aHackers and painters
246 30 $aBig ideas from the computer age
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aSebastopol, CA :$bO'Reilly,$cc2004.
300 $axi, 258 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-238) and index.
505 0 $aWhy nerds are unpopular: their minds are not on the game -- Hackers and painters: hackers are makers, like painters or architects or writers -- What you can't say: how to think heretical thoughts and what to do with them -- Good bad attitude: like Americans, hackers win by breaking rules -- The other road ahead: web-based software offers the biggest opportunity since the arrival of the microcomputer -- How to make wealth: the best way to get rich is to create wealth. And startups are the best way to do that -- Mind the gap: could "unequal income distribution" be less of a problem than we think? -- A plan for spam: till recently most experts thought spam filtering wouldn't work. This proposal changed their minds -- Taste for makers: how do you make great things? -- Programming languages explained: what a programming language is and why they are a hot topic now -- The hundred-year language: how will we program in a hundred years? Why not start now? -- Beating the averages: for web-based applications you can use whatever language you want. So can your competitors -- Revenge of the nerds: in technology, "industry best practice" is a recipe for losing -- The dream language: a good programming language is one that lets hackers have their way with it -- Design and research: research has to be original. Design has to be good.
650 0 $aComputer programmers.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0715/2004302231-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0912/2004302231-b.html