Based on a poll of ACM members and published in CACM, March, 2006.
|
|
% of Votes |
Author(s) |
Title |
Year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
28.90% |
Kernighan,
B.W. and Plauger, P.J. |
The Elements of Programming Style |
1982 |
|
2 |
13.40% |
Yourdon,
E. |
Classics in Software Engineering |
1979 |
|
3 |
13.00% |
Aho,
A.V. and Ullman, J.D. |
Theory of Parsing, Translation and Compiling |
1973 |
|
4 |
12.60% |
Jensen,
K. and Wirth, N. |
Pascal User Manual and Report |
1975 |
|
5 |
12.50% |
Von
Neumann, J. |
Computer and the Brain |
1958 |
|
6 |
11.10% |
Dijkstra,
E.W. |
Selected Writings on Computing |
1982 |
|
7 |
10.50% |
Goldberg,
A. and Robson, D |
Smalltalk-80: The Language and its Implementation |
1983 |
|
8 |
10.30% |
Bauer,
F.L. and Eickel, J. |
Compiler Construction |
1976 |
|
9 |
10.20% |
Codd,
E.F. |
The Relational Model for Database Management: Version 2 |
1990 |
|
10 |
10.00% |
Iverson,
K.E. |
A Programming Language |
1962 |
|
11 |
10.00% |
Hopcroft,
J.E. and Ullman, J.D. |
Formal Languages and Their Relation to Automata |
1969 |
|
12 |
9.10% |
Bentley,
J.L. |
Writing Efficient Programs |
1982 |
|
13 |
9.00% |
Minsky,
M.L. |
Computation: Finite and Infinite Machines |
1967 |
|
14 |
8.90% |
Organick,
E.I. |
The Multics System |
1972 |
|
15 |
8.80% |
Brinch
Hansen, P. |
Operating System Principles |
1973 |
|
16 |
8.50% |
IBM |
IBM System/360 Principles of Operation |
1964 |
|
17 |
8.00% |
Papert,
S. |
Mindstorms |
1980 |
|
18 |
8.00% |
Brinch
Hansen, P. |
The Architecture of Concurrent Programs |
1977 |
|
19 |
7.90% |
Dahl,
O.J. |
Structured Programming |
1972 |
|
20 |
7.30% |
|
201 Principles of Software Development |
1995 |
|
21 |
7.30% |
Rich,
E. |
Artificial Intelligence |
1983 |
|
22 |
7.10% |
Apple
Computer Inc. |
MacIntosh Human Interface Guidelines |
1992 |
|
23 |
7.00% |
Denning,
D.E. |
Cryptography and Data Security |
1982 |
|
24 |
7.00% |
|
Essays in Computing Science |
1989 |
|
25 |
6.90% |
Allen,
J. |
Anatomy of LISP |
1978 |