Programming on Purpose II: Essays on Software People

by P. J. Plauger

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This volume offers a collection of essays drawn from Plauger's popular monthly column, Programming on Purpose, in Computer Language magazine. Volume II, Essays on Software People, explores the often neglected human side of the computer software business and offers lots of useful advice to software writers for surviving in the business world. KEY TOPICS: Focusing throughout on people-related matters - from business ethics to pragmatics - Plauger shows software writers how to be really show more ingenious, how to protect the fruits of their ingenuity, how to mix technology with politics, how NOT to write shelfware, and how to deal with everyone - from customers to employees to venture capitalists. show less

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P. J. Plauger is one of the original users of the C programming language. He chaired the Library Subcommittee of X3J11--the ANSI-authorized committee that developed the C Standard. He continues as Secretary to X3J11 and Convenor of WG14, the ISO-authorized committee developing further enhancements of the C Standard. Dr. Plauger is co-author (with show more Brian Kernighan) of several highly acclaimed books, including Software Tools, Software Tools in Pascal, and The Elements of Programming Style. With Jim Brodie, Chair of X3J11, he co-authored Standard C, a complete reference to the C Programming Language. show less

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