The field of programmers myth

  • Authors:
  • Peter J. Denning

  • Affiliations:
  • Cebrowski Institute & Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM - Has the Internet become indispensable?
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

The persistent public image of computing as a field of programmers has become a costly myth. Reversing it is possible but not easy.