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No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Probably closer to a 4, but I'll cut Ullman some slack as this is billed as a first novel and the subject matter is so unique in my experience that I couldn't help but be delighted. Ullman accurately captures the thrill of victory/agony of defeat of programming, and the little joys and crushing despairs of living in the world. I wish there were more books like this, which, really, is what a 5-star book should be. ( ![]() How computer programming can drive one mad! Well plotted, good characters. Many technical terms and ones and zeros, but you can get the drift. An so-so story but in Bug is a sequence which describes the procedures and problems of computer programming in a stong forthright way for the programming complete outsider. Suspenseful tale of a software project going down in flames, a programmer desperately hunting a bug while his personal life unravels. I couldn't put it down - read it in one day. Two programmers trying to find a bug in a program and their dysfunctional lives. An odd, captivating detective-like story. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
With a New Introduction by Mary Gaitskill A PEN/Hemingway Award Finalist ANew York Times Book Review Notable Book Ellen Ullman is a "rarity, a computer programmer with a poet's feeling for language" (Laura Miller,Salon).The Bug breaks new ground in literary fiction, offering us a deep look into the internal lives of people in the technical world. Set in a start-up company in 1984, this highly acclaimed first novel explores what happens when a baffling software flaw--a bug so teasing it is named "the Jester"--threatens the survival of the humans beings who created it. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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