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Hackers by Steven Levy
Stumbled upon a copy of this book published in 1984, and thought it would be an inspiring and humorous read for aspiring programmers, not only those working on Zen Cart but all open-source software. Good Xmas reading.
It begins with some of the earliest programmers (who called themselves hackers) of the earliest computers (IBMs hulking giants, DECs PDPs) installed at MIT, where javascript was later developed, from the 1950s. I am only up to page 108 and have not yet reached the Steve's of Apple fame.
It also comes with an excellent index.
Although a documentary, the writing style reminds me of Jack Kerouac's On the Road and Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff or Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, more so the latter, especially as these books also concerned developments in 1950-60s USA.
Happy Hacking.
