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title: "Weekend reading: Acm Turing Award Lectures : The First Twenty Years, 1966 to 1985"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/1/9/weekend-reading-acm-turing-award-lectures-the-first-twenty-y.md"
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published: "2004-01-09T20:44:00"
updated: "2004-01-09T20:44:00"
tags: ["Off Topic"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Ah. This is my idea of good literature: Acm Turing Award Lectures : The First Twenty Years , 1966 to 1985 I have a feeling that 50% of it will be waaay over my level, but I browsed through it and was able to spot some…"
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# Weekend reading: Acm Turing Award Lectures : The First Twenty Years, 1966 to 1985

By Roy Osherove January 9, 2004 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic)

**Historical article** · Originally published January 9, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

Ah. This is my idea of good literature:

[**Acm** **Turing** **Award** **Lectures** : The **First** **Twenty** **Years**, 1966 to 1985](https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201548852/qid=1073687929/iserializable-20)

I have a feeling that 50% of it will be waaay over my level, but I browsed through it and was able to spot some good gems :) Gonna have a read this weekend. Have a good one everyone.

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