http://dir.salon.com/topics/code/?source=rss&aim=code en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:02:00 PST By Scott Rosenberg Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/02/03/rosenberg/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/02/03/rosenberg/index.html?source=rss Programmers talk to computers using precise instructions -- but when they communicate with people, human language betrays them. An excerpt from "Dreaming in Code." By C. Scott Ananian Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/02/09/linuxdvd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/02/09/linuxdvd/index.html?source=rss A judge's decision to ban a DVD-playing Linux program and all discussion about it outrages the free-software community. By -- Peter Wayner Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/05/07/pascal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/05/07/pascal/index.html?source=rss A venerable language falls victim to changing programming fashions. Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/special/opensource/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/special/opensource/index.html?source=rss Complete Salon Technology coverage of Linux, the open-source movement and free software's ideas and personalities. By Peter Wayner Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/01/28/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/01/28/feature/index.html?source=rss For serious programmers, contributing code to Linux pays off not in dollars but in respect. By Ellen Ullman Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/05/13/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/05/13/feature/index.html?source=rss Part Two: Returning to the source. Once knowledge disappears into code, how do we retrieve it? By Ellen Ullman Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/05/12/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1998/05/12/feature/index.html?source=rss Rebelling against Microsoft and its wizards, an engineer rediscovers the joys of difficult computing. First of two parts. By Ellen Ullman Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1997/10/16/ullman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1997/10/16/ullman/index.html?source=rss A software engineer despairs at keeping up with every new techno-trend. Second excerpt from Ullman's 'Close to the Machine.' By Scott Rosenberg Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1997/10/09/interview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1997/10/09/interview/index.html?source=rss Ellen Ullman talks about what makes programmers tick. By Ellen Ullman Sat, 03 Feb 2007 05:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1997/10/09/ullman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1997/10/09/ullman/index.html?source=rss A deadline brings programmers to the place of no shame. The body melts away, the mind races. Only one thing matters: Can you fix that demon bug? First of two excerpts from Ullman's "Close to the Machine."