说明：  一本在软件领域绝无仅有，20余年畅销不衰的必读经典。年轻的软件工程师、吝啬的研究生、懒惰的软件老手常请我标示出迄今为止最好的软件图书。“如果我带着仅有的一本计算机书在沙漠荒岛上，”他们问，“应该是哪本书？”这是个荒谬的问题，但人们坚持要个答案。假如你真的被放逐到这样的小岛（或者你决定躲藏到这样的地方去避免2000年软件崩溃的恐惧！），《人月神话》应该紧随着你。
(A unique in software, sold briskly for more than 20 years must-read classic. Young software engineers, graduate students mean, lazy software veterans often asked me to mark the books so far the best software. " If my computer with only one book on a desert island in the desert," they asked, " Which book should be?" This is a ridiculous question, but people insisted on an answer. If you really were exiled to this island (or you decide to go into hiding to avoid such a place crash in 2000 the fear!), " Mythical Man-Month" should be tight with you.)