[SPG_Active_Members] Ensmenger's "The Computer Boys Take Over" MIT Press 2010

[John R. Mashey]

Well, it happens to many.

>From my grad school days, I recall an story, perhaps apocryphal, of two
authors who were determined to have a *perfect* paper.

They proofread, proofread, and were delighted when the paper appeared .

at which point one was horrified to find he had a typo in a reference to one
of his own papers.

 

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Subject: Re: [SPG_Active_Members] Ensmenger's "The Computer Boys Take Over"
MIT Press 2010

 

On 9/2/10 5:08 PM, Richard P. Gabriel wrote: 

I sent him a note about the typo. (He could use more friends, I guess.) 

Yes! As the coauthor of a recent book supposedly carefully proofread by the
authors, friends, and staff at Addison-Wesley, I am both embarrassed by, and
grateful for, the 5+ pages of errata provided by readers of Elements of
Programming (http://www.elementsofprogramming.com).

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