Classical Mind, A: Essays in Honour of CAR Hoare

by A.W. Roscoe

To celebrate the 60th birthday and the achievement of C.A.R. Hoare, a rich assembly of contributors have pulled together to provide a volume of essays which are dedicated to Tony Hoare and his approach to Computer Science. Recognizing the huge difference that Tony has made to the way that computing is perceived each contributor has a very personal way of expressing their respect for his commitment and enterprise. To be included with the Hoare Computer Science Series. Reads like a who's who of computing, each paper written by a key person in the field. Niche market, but has the ability to appeal to a wide range of lecturers, students, librarians.

472 pages, Textbook Binding

First published February 23, 1994

Reviews

[Alan]

The stand out essays for me were:

- "Software Development Method" by M. A. Jackson
- which you can find online from Michael Jackson's list of papers
- the paper http://mcs.open.ac.uk/mj665/HFest93.pdf
- the list of papers http://mcs.open.ac.uk/mj665/papers.html
- "How to Design a Parallel Computer" by David May
- "Software is History!" by Jim Welsh