As mkempe notes, it&#x27;s probably a generational thing.<p>When I started studying software engineering in 1977 he was the most prominent figure in the books my city&#x27;s college library had, I learned a lot back then from him and it&#x27;s still generally relevant, although of course superseded as we figured out more things about the practice of software development ... or forgot rather a lot that had been learned back then.