This book is awesome. I think I liked it even more that it was written in 1993 because we got a peek into 1993 Microsoft. I feel that this was the turning point where they were saying "We have to start making our stuff not crash"
I couldn't put the book down. There's so much useful information mixed in with the war stories. Almost every guideline he puts forward is useful today. "This is what happened" and exactly shows the reasons why Microsoft 1993 was so crashy. They did all of their features up-front and encouraged them not to fix them until the end of project. The business saw the finished features and say "Why is the program at this state for so long? By golly, it looks complete, so we should release!"
You also got to read about things he did in DOS, the Macintosh, and the 16-bit to 32-bit transition. That was my favorite part. Microsoft was one of the first companies out there to release Macintosh software
If you are the top 10-25% of programmers, you probably don't need a book like this. Then again, a lot of them would read the book anyways to find out how to be better. The detractors of this book are usually the kind of people that need to read it.
Also, the C code can disorient readers just because of the nature of C code.
I would have paid 300 times more for this book. Okay, I bought it used for $0.07, but still, it was great
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The actual context is outdated, but it gives you valuable thinking directions
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2017Joseph
Simply awesome, its age shows a bit but overall it's really a must read
Reviewed in France on May 10, 2016Antonio Pineda Cabello
First book recommended for those who want to learn techniques in C/C++ development
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