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An important read for everyone in software development. Although the book is not executed perfectly, it raises the level of debate in the software industry from anecdotes and opinions to hard data and research. The second half of the book is a great collection of research results across a variety of...
A mixed bag, but overall, worth reading. Pros: I think programmers do not spend enough time studying the code of others, so books like this are an important step in encouraging the study of this craft. Each chapter of the book is written by a different (often famous) programmer, uses a different lan...
There are some great essays here and some long and winding, less interesting, essays here. I read them out of order and sporadically and enjoyed the book, but there was a part of me that was disappointed. Perhaps there's no way to avoid too high of expectations with a title like this. But overall...