Xz format inadequate for long-term archiving (2022-02-02)(nongnu.org)

89 points by oriettaxx 2 years ago | 18 comments

Dissecting the gzip format (2011)(infinitepartitions.com)

84 points by solannou 2 years ago | 33 comments

Konrad Zuse (1994)(xn--plankalkl-x9a.de)

72 points by tmalsburg2 2 years ago | 41 comments

ASCII and Unicode quotation marks (2007)(cl.cam.ac.uk)

29 points by exvi 7 months ago | 17 comments

On the foolishness of “natural language programming” (1978)(cs.utexas.edu)

93 points by behnamoh 3 years ago | 42 comments

Dijkstra On the foolishness of "natural language programming"(cs.utexas.edu)

390 points by nimbleplum40 1 year ago | 236 comments

Transcription of Edsger Dijkstra's manuscript EWD 667 arguing that programming in natural language is foolish and that formal symbolism is essential.