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The Tao of Programming
AuthorGeoffrey James
IllustratorGloria Garland
Cover artistGloria Garland
LanguageEnglish
SubjectComputer programming
GenreComputer programming, Satire
PublisherInfoBooks
Publication date
1987
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages151
ISBN0-931137-07-1
OCLC13904639
005 19
LC ClassQA76.6 .J354 1987
Followed byThe Zen of Programming 

The Tao of Programming is a book written in 1987 by Geoffrey James. Written in a tongue-in-cheek style spoof of classic Taoist texts such as the Tao Te Ching and Zhuangzi which belies its serious message, it consists of a series of short anecdotes divided into nine "books":[1]

  • The Silent Void
  • The Ancient Masters
  • Design
  • Coding
  • Maintenance
  • Management
  • Corporate Wisdom
  • Hardware and Software
  • Epilogue

Geoffrey James wrote two other books on this theme, The Zen of Programming (978-0931137099) in 1988 and Computer Parables: Enlightenment in the Information Age (978-0931137136) in 1989.

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Tao of Programming".
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