[rickcarlino]

There is a lot to be learned from reading historical CS texts. It helps us see how developers worked under constraint of historical hardware and it also helps us find commonalities to modern problems. There is a lot to be said about software engineering challenges that are a problem today and a problem decades ago. This creates a clearer picture of blind spots in the industry and reading outdated texts can be a fruitful endeavor despite seeming counterintuitive. I have a small collection of CS books that I have purchased from a used bookstore and I always walk away with new insights when I read them even if the information is outdated.

[klausnrooster]

Thank you for your tone. I agree! Had Starting Forth, Thinking Forth, and Elizabeth D Rather books at one time. Reread TCL the Misunderstood (Antirez), every few years for the memoizing bit. Etc.