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This is my 13th round to recommend "The Soul of a new Machine" as well as "Showstoppers".

I liked those as well (I assume you meant "Show-Stopper!" about windows NT) and also remember "Dreaming in code" as a good one in the same-ish genre.

I read 3/4 of "The Soul of a new Machine" and thought it was good, but I sort of fizzled out. What makes you recommend it so highly (trying to understand if I should go back)

I'm very into the idea of "pinball" talked about in the book. I have always wanted to play pinball in my career but never got the chance -- that's why I read it over and over trying to live the experience.

If you are interested in DG history but not into this book, I can recommend a few other sources:

https://mark.people.clemson.edu/fhp.html

https://www.teamfoster.com/billteamfostercom

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