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Programming Languages are PC OSs circa 1986

By Brian Hurt | September 20th, 2008

There is a fairly good analogy between the state of programming languages today, and the state of the operating systems for personal computers circa 1986 or 1988.

Posted in Classic, Programming Language Punditry | 33 Comments

I knew it

By Brian Hurt | September 5th, 2008

We’ve all long suspected that there was something in the water of Washington D.C. that caused everyone who moved there [...]

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Programming Languages are PC OSs circa 1986

I knew it

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