Hackers and Painters: Essays on the Art of Programming

by Paul Graham

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"In most fields the great work is done early on. The paintings made between 1430 and 1500 are still unsurpassed. Shakespeare appeared just as professional theater was being born, and pushed the medium so far that every playwright since has had to live in his shadow. Albrecht Durer did the same thing with engraving, and Jane Austen with the novel.
  • ISBN10 0596006624
  • ISBN13 9780596006624
  • Publish Date 22 June 2004
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 3 June 2010
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint O'Reilly Media
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 240
  • Language English