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And a legend/giant retires to a peaceful existence after contributing so much.
Look forward to reading his books!
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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Thanks I'll keep it in mind. Right now I've got 4 books in the queue!
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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Mike Hankey wrote: Right now I've got 4 books in the queue!
I know what you mean. I've got a couple myself. 
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I just finished TCP/IP Guide[^] a couple of days ago so I'm letting my brain rest for a while and let it sink in!
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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Mike Hankey wrote: I'm letting my brain rest for a while and let it sink in
Phew...I guess. That is a big book at over 1500 pages.
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My goal was 50-100 pages/day so you can see how long it took.
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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Mike Hankey wrote: My goal was 50-100 pages/day
I'm impressed and inspired. 50-100 pages a day is a great goal.
Also, I'm impressed that you know that you must set a goal otherwise we all just slip into not doing the task.
I'm also inspired to try to read 50 pages of my tech book (Programming ASP.NET Core, Programming ASP.NET Core [^] ) per day. It's shorter so it'll take far less time.
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Since I retired, several years ago now I set 3 goals that I want to accomplish every day. Not just programming, I'm avid outdoorsman but it's too hot in the summer here in Florida to hike. A lot of people that slow down after retirement and sit in front of the idiot box die within a year, those that stay active last a little longer. So far I'm still looking at the green side!
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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Very smart! And very encouraging to keep in mind.
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The Essential Turing: Seminal Writings in Computing, Logic, Philosophy, Artificial Intelligence, and Artificial Life: Plus The Secrets of Enigma
edited by Jack Copeland
You can find a downloadable pdf on several academic sites.
Paperback: 622 pages
Publisher: Clarendon Press; 1 edition (November 18, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0198250800
ISBN-13: 978-0198250807
is also good
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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Interesting, I will take a look. Thanks!
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Guess it is a good time, and maybe should have left earlier. Windows and Microsoft appear to be in a sharp decline...Balmer destroyed the company, or at lead it to continue being a leader in the computer industry.
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Steven Sinofsky is the real person that started the Microsoft decline, but Balmer was the guy that put him in charge and took too long before firing him.
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Thanks for the input . I still remember Balmer bragging that Windows 8 could run HTML 5 natively. Tell be again why I need an OS and not just a browser. That is Chrome.
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re Sinofsky and Ballmer: I would rather fault the asylum administration for hiring insane psychiatrists, and for confusing clients with inmates 
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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I learned to program Windows with his Programming Windows 3.0 book. Unfortunately, I wasn't so impressed with many of his later books. (To the point where I recommended against his early .NET books. Perhaps they improved after .NET 2.0.)
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I also was disappointed with his .NET books, Joe
«... thank the gods that they have made you superior to those events which they have not placed within your own control, rendered you accountable for that only which is within you own control For what, then, have they made you responsible? For that which is alone in your own power—a right use of things as they appear.» Discourses of Epictetus Book I:12
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I agree with this too.
He often got into the weeds with all that graphics programming stuff in the .NET books.
They weren't like Programming Windows 3.0 where he just set out the details of Windows programming and explained everything so clearly. I really enjoyed his early stuff and his book, Code: The Hidden Language of Computers.
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OH NO....
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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Somewhere around here is the Petzold C for Windows book. Back in the 3.0 / 3.1 days.
Thanks a ton Chuck.
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Yep, that's what made me choose between Mac and Windows in 1994! I literally had 2 sets of manuals in front of me: The Apple Developer's Toolkit and Programming Windows with Visual C++, and decided to go with Windows after reading portions of both. Never looked back, although I'd be willing to embrace iOS after I master Android.
/ravi
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Wow! In some weird way, this sounds like the end of an era, to me. Wish him the best. ![Java | [Coffee]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
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Looking forward to his future books. Read so many of his books over the years - from MSDOS to C# and Xamarin. Books always well-written.
You will be missed.
Tom Gueth
Knowledge Resource
Binary Star Technology, Inc
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Never heard of 'em...
The best way to improve Windows is run it on a Mac.
The best way to bring a Mac to its knees is to run Windows on it.
~ my brother Jeff
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