Hints for Computer System Design” Butler Lampson3 is winner of the ACM Turing Award (among other awards), and worked at the Xerox PARC. This paper concisely summarizes many of his ideas around systems design, and is a great read. In his words: Studying the design and implementation of a number of computers has led to some general hints for system design. They are described here and illustrated by many examples, ranging from hardware such as the Alto and the Dorado to application programs such as Bravo and Star.
