Hackers&Painters

Hackers & Painters Table of Contents Acknowledgments Image Credits Note to readers Preface 1. Why Nerds Are Unpopular 2. Hackers and Painters 3. What You Can't Say 3.1. The Conformist Test 3.2. Trouble 3.3. Heresy 3.4. Time and Space 3.5. Prigs 3.6. Mechanism 3.7. Why 3.8. Pensieri Stretti 3.9. Viso Sciolto? 3.10. Always Be Questioning 4. Good Bad Attitude 5. The Other Road Ahead 5.1. The Next Thing? 5.2. The Win for Users 5.3. City of Code 5.4. Releases 5.5. Bugs 5.6. Support 5.7. Morale 5.8. Brooks in Reverse 5.9. Watching Users 5.10. Money 5.11. Customers 5.12. Son of Server 5.13. Microsoft 12.3. Aikido for Startups 13. Revenge of the Nerds 13.1. Catching Up with Math 13.2. What Made Lisp Different 13.3. Where Languages Matter 13.4. Centripetal Forces 13.5. The Cost of Being Average 13.6. A Recipe 13.7. Appendix: Power 14. The Dream Language 14.1. The Mechanics of Popularity 14.2. External Factors 14.3. Succinctness 14.4. Hackability 14.5. Throwaway Programs 14.6. Libraries 14.7. Efficiency 14.8. Time 14.9. Redesign 14.10. The Dream Language 15. Design and Research A. Notes Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chap......