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(DIR) Post #APiW1sNEd5PCL57k5Q by robpike@inuh.net
2022-11-18T04:30:33Z
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Fred 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.
(DIR) Post #APiXbGE82HnMPLIjB2 by j3rn@fosstodon.org
2022-11-18T04:48:31Z
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@robpike Oh no! I read The Mythical Man Month just about a year ago. Many of his ideas are still very relevant today.
(DIR) Post #APiXwviMyqyLA2mLGi by elronxenu@mastodon.cloud
2022-11-18T04:46:28Z
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@robpike 8 bits made a lot of sense.At Uni I used the Honeywell L66 with 9-bit bytes and 36-bit words and it was ... unnecessary.
(DIR) Post #APiY76crGgUbtg3Lma by webframp@hachyderm.io
2022-11-18T04:53:50Z
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@robpike perfect reason for me to go back and read that book in his honor
(DIR) Post #APiZFXvdjxJMqXQVqi by volkan@hachyderm.io
2022-11-18T05:07:16Z
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@robpike :(
(DIR) Post #APieHKAuLZ4WXXEeK8 by vtmicah@vmst.io
2022-11-18T06:01:34Z
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@robpike Man, a legend
(DIR) Post #APif9VMOyZ7ortRl5M by robj@hachyderm.io
2022-11-18T06:11:46Z
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@robpike A manager of mine when I was Sun bought every engineer in the group a copy of the The Mythical Man Month. The lessons in it still stick with me two decades later. RIP
(DIR) Post #APifQKtR96HZKNvMsi by cypherfox@norden.social
2022-11-18T06:16:13Z
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@robpike :(„Adding more people to a late project makes it even later“I will cite that today with even more gusto, as every day managers are made, that have not understand it enough.
(DIR) Post #APikUjc3gDmSvKiEbI by markd@hachyderm.io
2022-11-18T07:11:43Z
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@robpike Hard to know which one of those achievements was his greatest.At first the book springs to mind, but imagine the "byte size" wars that must have raged back then! Bits were expensive!I heard rumor that Bill Gates said that six bits was more bits than anyone could ever want...
(DIR) Post #APilddGQkoVTnGP2Cu by alexshendi@rollenspiel.social
2022-11-18T07:25:23Z
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@robpike Ouch. May he rest in peace.
(DIR) Post #APioFM4lJ82bOj3ncG by qqmrichter@mastodon.world
2022-11-18T07:53:35Z
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@robpike Well, damn. Fred Brooks was, like, my spirit animal as a programmer.
(DIR) Post #APispHlzBN0iIJfNOi by MurrayData@mastodon.world
2022-11-18T08:45:16Z
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@robpike I started my career writing programs for IBM System 360, and later 370, in Fortran IV, PL/I and Assembler. R.I.P. Fred Brooks
(DIR) Post #APitL5ofAmscTg5MLw by thirstybear@agilodon.social
2022-11-18T08:51:17Z
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@robpike @mostalive 😔 One of the very early influences on my software career. His book The Mythical Man Month had a huge impact on me as a baby engineer since it was describing the very anti patterns I was seeing *every day* and thinking “this isn’t right”.Thank you Fred. You will be missed. But your legacy will live on. I shall continue to threaten difficult management with two copies of your book so they can read it twice as fast….
(DIR) Post #APitVdtDLN7F3BFEFE by apolitosb@astrodon.social
2022-11-18T08:43:39Z
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@robpike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Brooks
(DIR) Post #APiyLXCZqxEvBSIjHU by Ailuridae@technodon.social
2022-11-18T09:46:07Z
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@robpike oh shit 😢
(DIR) Post #APizjQkja9aG5QEhJg by edavies@functional.cafe
2022-11-18T09:53:45Z
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@robpike I've bought three copies on the MMM at various times. The first two I leant to people I thought needed to read it but never got back. Don't mind but I hope they passed them on to somebody else who could benefit.
(DIR) Post #APj4IbswaFDGZ66f8S by jsong@sfba.social
2022-11-18T10:53:52Z
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@robpike sad to hear his passing. His book is in my library in a prominent spot and I pull it out whenever I need to be reminded writing good computer code is more than just punching the keys mindlessly #ibm #think #coding #computer
(DIR) Post #APjE03jNpQdAy0QZNo by ileoo@mastodontti.fi
2022-11-18T12:41:54Z
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@robpike The Mythical Man Month made an huge impact to me nearly 20 years ago, when I first came across it. It is still one of the books that I want to keep in my bookshelf.
(DIR) Post #APjE0OHRQVl2hQW3FI by mcdanlj@social.makerforums.info
2022-11-18T12:41:42Z
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@robpike ...and, he would certainly want to add, founder of the Computer Science department at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. He devoted the majority of his life to teaching.A couple of years ago, Dr. Brooks gave a 2-hour interview full of details from his life that I found fascinating to watch and listen to.https://amturing.acm.org/interviews/brooks_1002187.cfm
(DIR) Post #APjWEw3ASyy6fCvOU4 by jcarr@mastodon.social
2022-11-18T16:07:32Z
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@robpike Brilliant mind, sharp wit, and so many wonderful quotes. This one gave me a good laugh: "Job Control Language is the worst programming language ever designed anywhere by anybody for any purpose."
(DIR) Post #APje7T8mLteObnV3tg by rekiwi@mastodon.nz
2022-11-18T17:32:22Z
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@robpike Damn. My father-in-law made a career out of building PL/360 emulators for Spires at Stanford. He wrote a PL/360 book: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102635302
(DIR) Post #APjn0dLktYR1pgNwO0 by djsumdog@djsumdog.com
2022-11-18T19:16:26.181859Z
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I read The Mythical Man Month a few years ago. Great book. Sad to hear that.
(DIR) Post #APjnr14Lx6Q4SHDuCG by KimSJ@home.social
2022-11-18T19:24:33Z
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@robpikeSad 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”).
(DIR) Post #APlWNSipGWfocuObA0 by ChadHanna@mastodon.me.uk
2022-11-19T15:18:25Z
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@robpike I have, and have read #FredBrooks book #TheMythicalManMonth and I plan to throw one away in his honour (not really!)
(DIR) Post #APm8d1ZZln5RJfuu5w by tbr@digitalcourage.social
2022-11-19T22:26:10Z
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@robpikeA giant in applied computer science left. His largely timeless work will be remembered by the present generations. My condolences go out to the family and friends.#fredbrooks #nekrologiumhttps://cs.unc.edu/news-article/remembering-department-founder-dr-frederick-p-brooks-jr/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/heraldsun/name/frederick-brooks-obituary?id=37962920
(DIR) Post #APnRC0suJTKneNkiKu by MJS@hachyderm.io
2022-11-20T13:29:07Z
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@robpike So sorry to hear.
(DIR) Post #APoGW6zUPori2gAkJU by jaystephens@mastodon.social
2022-11-20T23:04:30Z
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@robpike huh my first job out of uni was writing RPG on an AS 400, and a few years later I read Mythical Man Month and I had no idea there was a connection. RIP Fred.
(DIR) Post #APvVjAeUw9IVVOaUsq by probablyat@freespeechextremist.com
2022-11-24T10:59:22.144974Z
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@markd @robpike well, isn't it really? for what real reason would anyone ever want more than 6 bits?