rob pikeFred Brooks, architect of the IBM/360 and its OS, author of The Mythical Man Month, and advocate for the 8-bit byte (enabling lower case letters!), passed away today.
Few in computing have influenced so many.
Kim Spence-Jones #FBPE@robpike
Sad news. The Mythical Man Month was an incredibly influential book. It certainly informed my management style. I still quote it today (“Always plan to build a prototype. You will anyway, so you might as well plan for it”).
Sad news. The Mythical Man Month was an incredibly influential book. It certainly informed my management style. I still quote it today (“Always plan to build a prototype. You will anyway, so you might as well plan for it”).