A review by mjfmjfmjf
Masterminds of Programming: Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages by Shane Warden, Federico Biancuzzi

1.0

This book was unreadable. I quite liked Design and Evolution of C++ by Stroustrup. And I've liked the various other interview/survey the greats of software - but not this one. The questions were dumb, the answers uninteresting. There weren't enough details. Perhaps it gets better later - but 100 pages in - C++, Python, APL, Forth, BASIC - I think I've got enough of a feel for it. Though Forth still looks cool. 1 of 5.