Editing Stan Kelly-Bootle (section)

==Writing career==
In 1973, Kelly-Bootle left Sperry-UNIVAC and became a [[freelance]] consultant, writer and programmer. He was known in the computer community for ''The Devil's DP Dictionary'' and its second edition, ''[[The Computer Contradictionary]]'' (1995<!-- ISBN, publisher, pages needed -->), which he authored. These works are cynical lexicographies in the vein of [[Ambrose Bierce]]'s ''[[The Devil's Dictionary]]''. Kelly-Bootle authored or co-authored several serious textbooks and tutorials on subjects such as the [[Motorola 68000]] family of [[Central processing unit|CPU]]s, programming languages including various [[C (programming language)|C]] compilers, and the [[Unix]] operating system. He authored the "Devil's Advocate" column in ''[[UNIX Review]]'' from 1984 to 2000, and had columns in ''Computer Language'' ("Bit by Bit", 1989–1994), ''OS/2 Magazine'' ("End Notes", 1994–97) and ''Software Development'' ("Seamless Quanta", October 1995 – May 1997). He contributed columns and articles to several other computer industry magazines, as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://queue.acm.org/listing.cfm?typefilter=curmudgeon&sort=publication_date&order=desc&qc_type=curmudgeon&article_type=&item_topic=all&filter_type=topic&page_title=Curmudgeon&filter=all |title=Curmudgeon - ACM Queue |publisher=Queue.acm.org |access-date=2014-05-15}}</ref>
 
Kelly-Bootle's articles for magazines such as ''[[ACM Queue]]'', ''AI/Expert'', and ''UNIX Review'' contain examples of word-play, criticism of silly marketing and usage (he refers often to the computer "laxicon"), and commentary on the industry in general. He wrote an online monthly column posted on the Internet. While most of his writing was oriented towards the computer industry, he wrote a few books relating to his other interests, including 
* ''Liverpool Lullabies, The Stan Kelly Songbook'', SING Publications, 1960. Second edition, 1976.<!-- ISBN needed -->
* ''Lern Yourself [[Scouse]]&nbsp;– How to Talk Proper in Liverpool'', Scouse Press, 1961, written with Fritz Spiegl and Frank Shaw. Sixteen editions published through 1991.
* ''The Terrace Muse, An Anthology of Soccer Songs and Chants'', serialized in the ''[[Daily Express]]'' in 1970.