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Source Code by Bill Gates

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Source Code by Bill Gates

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Postby mtk62 » February 2nd, 2025, 8:18 am

Source Code by Bill Gates review – growing pains of a computer geek


The enduring mystery about William Henry Gates III is this: how did a precocious and sometimes obnoxious kid evolve into a billionaire tech lord and then into an elder statesman and philanthropist? This book gives us only the first part of the story, tracing Gates’s evolution from birth in 1955 to the founding of Microsoft in 1975. For the next part of the story, we will just have to wait for the sequel.


https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/02/source-code-by-bill-gates-my-beginnings-review-growing-pains-of-a-computer-geek

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Postby ReformedCharacter » February 2nd, 2025, 10:04 am

mtk62 wrote:
Source Code by Bill Gates review – growing pains of a computer geek


The enduring mystery about William Henry Gates III is this: how did a precocious and sometimes obnoxious kid evolve into a billionaire tech lord and then into an elder statesman and philanthropist? This book gives us only the first part of the story, tracing Gates’s evolution from birth in 1955 to the founding of Microsoft in 1975. For the next part of the story, we will just have to wait for the sequel.


https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/02/source-code-by-bill-gates-my-beginnings-review-growing-pains-of-a-computer-geek

When I saw the title, I was reminded of this recollection:

Eller also recounts a time early in his career when he inadvertently insulted Gates and his technical ability.

As Eller tried to fill in the background of a round digital clock with color, using a flood-filled algorithm, it didn't work. He was able, however, to write some code that enabled the BASIC code to correctly flood-fill the clock.

Pulling Gates over to view the initial problem, Eller said: "Who was the jerk who wrote this brain-dead piece of sh!t?" Without waiting for a response, Eller demonstrated how he had fixed the problem.

After Gates noted that the new algorithm was "nice" and returned to his office, a colleague informed Eller it was Gates who was the "jerk" who initially had written the "brain-dead" algorithm.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/microsoft-pilloried-in-tell-all/

RC


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