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| Articles written 1980 to 1989 that Hacker News still talks about. |
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| 1985 | | Byte Magazine: Declarative Languages (archive.org) |
| 1246 points across 11 posts | 2 years ago with 52 comments |
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| 1983 | | Byte Magazine: The C Programming Language (archive.org) |
| 1245 points across 11 posts | 2 years ago with 275 comments |
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| 1988 | | What not to write on your security clearance form (milk.com) |
| 1061 points across 2 posts | 1 year ago with 545 comments |
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| 1982 | | Negative 2000 Lines of Code (folklore.org) |
| 978 points across 2 posts | 2 years ago with 166 comments |
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| 1985 | | Feynman: I am burned out and I'll never accomplish anything (asc.ohio-state.edu) |
| 915 points | 3 years ago with 276 comments |
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| 1984 | | Byte Magazine Special Issue: Smalltalk (archive.org) |
| 811 points across 9 posts | 2 years ago with 113 comments |
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| 1987 | | Byte Magazine: Prolog and 386 Hardware Software (archive.org) |
| 811 points across 9 posts | 2 years ago with 8 comments |
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| 1988 | | Let's Build a Compiler (compilers.iecc.com) |
| 611 points across 3 posts | 11 months ago with 14 comments |
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| 1989 | | Why is electricity so hard to understand? (amasci.com) |
| 556 points across 2 posts | 3 years ago with 145 comments |
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| 1988 | | Xmas.c (udel.edu) |
| 544 points | 11 months ago with 92 comments |
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| 1989 | | Rob Pike’s Rules of Programming (users.ece.utexas.edu) |
| 466 points | 1 year ago with 258 comments |
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| 1983 | | The Story of Mel (cs.utah.edu) |
| 443 points | 2 years ago with 166 comments |
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| 1981 | | Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (nytimes.com) |
| 440 points across 2 posts | 4 years ago with 354 comments |
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| 1982 | | Why numbering should start at zero (cs.utexas.edu) |
| 439 points across 4 posts | 4 years ago with 220 comments |
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| 1985 | | Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs (reprints.longform.org) |
| 439 points across 2 posts | 5 years ago with 99 comments |
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| 1988 | | The Awk Programming Language (archive.org) |
| 415 points | 7 years ago with 103 comments |
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| 1986 | | People Simply Empty Out (lettersofnote.com) |
| 399 points | 5 years ago with 226 comments |
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| 1981 | | How does a gas pump know to shut itself off? (straightdope.com) |
| 384 points | 4 years ago with 390 comments |
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| 1985 | | The result would be a catastrophe (lettersofnote.com) |
| 381 points | 8 years ago with 187 comments |
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| 1985 | | The Parable of the Two Programmers (csd.uwo.ca) |
| 381 points | 9 years ago with 160 comments |
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| 1983 | | New UNIX implementation (groups.google.com) |
| 370 points | 11 years ago with 159 comments |
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| 1988 | | The Awk Programming Language (ia802309.us.archive.org) |
| 370 points | 6 years ago with 207 comments |
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| 1981 | | Starting FORTH (forth.com) |
| 358 points across 5 posts | 2 years ago with 23 comments |
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| 1983 | | A Story About ‘Magic' (catb.org) |
| 358 points across 3 posts | 2 years ago with 35 comments |
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| 1986 | | Hacker’s Manifesto (phrack.org) |
| 354 points across 2 posts | 4 years ago with 1 comments |
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| 1986 | | Programmers At Work: Bill Gates (programmersatwork.wordpress.com) |
| 348 points across 2 posts | 10 years ago with 175 comments |
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| 1985 | | Programming as Theory Building (pages.cs.wisc.edu) |
| 342 points across 2 posts | 5 years ago with 11 comments |
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| 1985 | | Xerox PARC’s engineers on how they invented the future and Xerox lost it (spectrum.ieee.org) |
| 336 points across 2 posts | 2 years ago with 114 comments |
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| 1987 | | Nuclear War Survival Skills (oism.org) |
| 334 points | 7 years ago with 213 comments |
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| 1988 | | The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto (groups.csail.mit.edu) |
| 330 points | 7 years ago with 134 comments |
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| 1987 | | Students flee field as computer 'fad fades' (pessimistsarchive.substack.com) |
| 327 points | 3 years ago with 381 comments |
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| 1981 | | Design Principles Behind Smalltalk (cs.virginia.edu) |
| 321 points across 4 posts | 2 years ago with 80 comments |
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| 1982 | | Report on an Unidentified Space Station (geosci.uchicago.edu) |
| 320 points across 2 posts | 1 year ago with 84 comments |
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| 1981 | | Changing San Francisco Is Foreseen as a Haven for Wealthy and Childless (nytimes.com) |
| 318 points across 2 posts | 5 years ago with 109 comments |
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| 1987 | | Higher Math for Beginners (archive.org) |
| 315 points | 3 years ago with 89 comments |
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| 1985 | | Bumper Sticker Computer Science (bowdoin.edu) |
| 312 points across 2 posts | 6 years ago with 49 comments |
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| 1986 | | Why Read the Classics? (nybooks.com) |
| 310 points | 6 years ago with 160 comments |
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| 1986 | | Unix Recovery Legend (ee.ryerson.ca) |
| 306 points across 2 posts | 4 years ago with 97 comments |
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| 1982 | | The Byzantine Generals Problem (lamport.azurewebsites.net) |
| 290 points across 2 posts | 4 years ago with 56 comments |
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| 1984 | | The World is Built on Probability (archive.org) |
| 290 points | 1 year ago with 91 comments |
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| 1980 | | Byte Magazine: The Forth Language (archive.org) |
| 285 points across 3 posts | 2 years ago with 89 comments |
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| 1989 | | Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine (longnow.org) |
| 280 points across 2 posts | 3 years ago with 49 comments |
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| 1989 | | Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine (longnow.org) |
| 279 points across 2 posts | 5 years ago with 33 comments |
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| 1987 | | The Tao of Programming (mit.edu) |
| 269 points | 4 years ago with 63 comments |
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| 1986 | | You and Your Research (cs.virginia.edu) |
| 268 points across 2 posts | 1 year ago with 90 comments |
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| 1984 | | Window System X (talisman.org) |
| 263 points | 2 years ago with 164 comments |
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| 1983 | | The Theory of Relational Databases (web.cecs.pdx.edu) |
| 261 points | 5 years ago with 24 comments |
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| 1985 | | Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs (longform.org) |
| 253 points | 10 years ago with 148 comments |
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| 1983 | | CIA Doc on Time Travel, Consciousness, and Existence of the Absolute (cia.gov) |
| 248 points across 2 posts | 5 years ago with 76 comments |
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| 1986 | | For every 1% increase in the number of lawyers, economic growth falls 3% (sciencedirect.com) |
| 248 points | 4 years ago with 89 comments |
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