Sunday, Jan 6, 2008, 7:55 AM in The Spout

The Annotated Turing!

I just saw that Mr. Petzold is re-publishing the paper that started computer science and annotating it so that even I can understand it. I can't wait!

6 comments on this post

Charles Petzold:

Can I use that as a blurb on the back cover?

Sunday, Jan 6, 2008, 11:28 AM

Mike Sax:

So Chris, or should I say "Mr. Sells", what's the deal with you calling Petzold "Mr. Petzold"? Are we feeling competitive, is this the result of a love affair gone bad, or is there some dark, untold story that we one day might read about in the National Inquirer?

Sunday, Jan 6, 2008, 7:26 PM

Rich:

Charles Petzold is the reason I program in Windows. Finding his book oh so many years ago was like finding an oasis in the desert.

/Bow to Mr. Petzold.

Monday, Jan 7, 2008, 2:21 PM

Chris Sells:

Mr. Petzold: you most certainly may!

Mr. Sax: I respect Mr. Petzold a great deal, but don't know him, so I use a formal address.

Rich: I agree. Programming Windows 3.1 was my bible for many years.

Monday, Jan 7, 2008, 5:15 PM