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Understanding and Writing Compilers edit / delete

Richard Bornat's 1979 book on writing compilers. Substantially more accessible than the dragon book. The examples are mostly in BCPL, which (as usual) I'm dead impressed with; for a typeless language it's very clean and clearly suited to the purpose.

to bcpl compiler etext parsing retrocomputing syntax ... on 26 January 2016

underground online archives edit / delete

It's kind of like a low-budget Wired.

to etext history internet magazines retrocomputing ... on 28 March 2015

eFanzines.com edit / delete

A large archive of SF fanzines from the 20th century, with links to more. (If you're wondering what Ansible's equivalents were like in 1940, this is the place to look. And the answer is: not very different.)

to etext fanzine history sf ... on 22 March 2015

The Craft of Text Editing edit / delete

A nice book about how to write a text editor, from 1991.

to editor emacs etext programming retrocomputing ... on 13 March 2015

Algol 68 Genie - Algol 68 Compiler, Interpreter and Revised Report edit / delete

A modern implementation of Algol 68, and lots of documentation for it including the classic books.

to algol compiler etext interpreter software ... on 05 March 2015

Andrew M. Odlyzko edit / delete

There's various well-written, interesting material here on the historical intersection of economics and technology (e.g. railways and the Internet); the best are collected on the "technology and financial manias" page. Why the Internet bubble was nothing new, and probably didn't have the impact you thought it had.

to amusements business economics etext history internet railway ... on 18 January 2015

Gordon Bell: Computers, Projects, Patents, Books, and Papers edit / delete

This includes electronic versions of many of his classic books on computer architecture -- very good stuff.

to ag0803 architecture cpu design electronics etext performance retrocomputing ... on 18 January 2015

Thinking Forth edit / delete

Leo Brodie's classic book, now available under a Creative Commons license.

to books etext forth language-design programming rpn software-engineering ... on 24 November 2014

Christos military and intelligence corner edit / delete

The lesser-known bits of WW2 cryptography, with an interesting collection of documents -- e.g. the Allied reports on what the Germans and Japanese had achieved in terms of cryptanalysis.

to cryptanalysis cryptography etext history ww2 ... on 03 October 2014

Darwin's Beagle library edit / delete

The library of the Beagle, in digital form, as complete as possible; very impressive work.

to beagle books darwin etext history library ... on 25 August 2014