Software Reflected: The Socially Responsible Programming of Our Computers [Hardcover]

Robert Laurence Baber (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd (November 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0444863729
• ISBN-13: 978-0444863720
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,766,847 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars A first review, September 15, 2004

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This review is from: Software Reflected: The Socially Responsible Programming of Our Computers (Hardcover)

A respectable book. Written in 1982, it offers much insight which is as relevant today (2004) as it was at the time of writing. The intro is a bit long-winded, but makes a good point. The mid-book fictional quiz for certification as a software professional is good. The author again makes a solid point, this time about what skills are more or less required of a (competent) software developer.

Downsides:
- perhaps a little too much anecdote for one sitting,
- author will openly admit only that professional software development is an engineering discipline (, though he does concede that it is at least in part an art, or perhaps a craft).

The book is also available electronically at the author's website.