Also, I seem to remember he was a proponent of using 8 bits per byte on, to
make room for lower case letters as well as upper case. A worthy cause!
Roops
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What I remember best is his notion of a sort of surgical-team setup for
software design. I suppose I'd be the tool-writer on such a team, although
I might not be a complete failure as the librarian.
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Subject: Re: Fred P. Brooks passed away
Somewhere in the early '80s my boss at the time passed around copies of "The
Mythical Man-Month" for all his people to read. So often in such cases it's a
book that set the giver on fire and he's disappointed when no one else gets
Somewhere in the early '80s my boss at the time passed around copies of "The
Mythical Man-Month" for all his people to read. So often in such cases it's a
book that set the giver on fire and he's disappointed when no one else gets the
vision. But for me at least, I was pleasantly surprised to
Sad news.
S/360, MVS and The Mythical Man-Month come to mind immediately.
Roops
On Fri, 18 Nov 2022, 09:45 Support, DUNNIT SYSTEMS LTD., <
supp...@dunnitsys.com> wrote:
> As of this posting, Wikipedia is still not updated.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Brooks
>
>
As of this posting, Wikipedia is still not updated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Brooks
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