ACM Turing Award Lectures

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1. srvmshrApr 2022
   I think the way to go about it is read some books gradually on history of computing & the various designs and rationale that evolved over time. Consider these sources:

   1. The Annotated Turing.

   2. A History of Modern Computing 3ed

   3. The ACM Turing award lectures

   4. Theory of computation - Dexter Kozen

   5. Coders at Work

   6. Hackers: Heroes of the computer revolution

   Additionally, you could subscribe to Communications of ACM, which is a computing oriented monthly magazine.

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2. _unknown_Nov 2018
   This book has the first 20. I have read through the first 5 or so and highly recommend it. https://www.amazon.com/ACM-Turing-Award-Lectures-1966-1985/d...
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3. bayareaguyOct 2008
   The Algorithm Design Manual - Skiena

   Purely Functional Data Structures - Okasaki

   Algorithmics - Harel

   The Practice of Programming - Kernighan & Pike

   Concurrency Control and Recovery in Database Systems - Bernstein, Hadzilacos, Goodman.

   Recovery in Parallel Database Systems - Hvasshovd

   ACM Turing Award Lectures

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4. bayareaguyMar 2008
   Here are 5 of my favorites nobody has mentioned here yet:

   - The Art of Computer Programming, Knuth

   - The Algorithm Design Manual, Skiena

   - The Practice of Programming, Kernighan and Pike

   - ACM Turing Award Lectures

   - Applied Cryptography, Schneier

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5. espeedDec 2016
   ACM Turing Award Lectures: The First Twenty Years 1966-1985 https://www.amazon.com/ACM-Turing-Award-Lectures-1966-1985/d...

   For subsequent years, see http://amturing.acm.org/lectures.cfm

   ACM A.M. Turing Award Lectures video playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn0nrSd4xjjYCkOxtYqoz...

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