The Humble Programmer (1972)

> Secondly, we have got machines equipped with multi-level stores, presenting us problems of management strategy that, in spite of the extensive literature on the subject, still remain rather elusive. NUMA only got more complicated over time. The range of latency differences is more extreme than ever. We've got L1 running at nanosecond delay, and on the other end we've got cold tapes that can take a whole day to load. Which kind of memory/compute to use in a heterogeneous…

It's interesting to imagine what Djikstra would've accomplished if he instead decided to focus on theoretical physics. Conversely, imagine what we would've lost if we didn't have Djikstra as a programmer. I'd like to point out that Dijkstra's writing might arguably the best writing I've seen from a programmer. English is not my first language and his writing is inspiring; if possible I'd like to request if anyone can point me to a resource (apps, software, etc) so I can…

> one of the most important aspects of any computing tool is its influence on the thinking habits of those that try to use it > ...the tools we are trying to use and the language or notation we are using to express or record our thoughts, are the major factors determining what we can think or express at all!