Nothing new has been invented in software for the last 40 years... Mostly recycling of existing concepts with (sometimes) improvements.
Since most people are not reading about the history of computers and software they are under the impression that the stuff they deal with is brand new. Of course hardware improvements allowed better implementations but that's the only benefit. Thinking out of the box is really missing from the industry in general now that we have overcome many hardware limits. Getting better software out faster becomes an urgent matter and requires some rethinking. Luc Sent from my iPod On 2009-12-29, at 4:34 AM, Martin Coxall <pseudo.m...@me.com> wrote: > > On 29 Dec 2009, at 04:14, jim wrote: > >> Had an interesting conversation with a programmer friend of mine. >> He's >> skeptical of my Lisp leanings and mostly sticks to the 'normal' >> languages; C++, Java, etc. >> >> I made that comment that pretty much all the languages derived from >> Algol like the C family, Java, Pascal, etc. were pretty much the >> same. >> He looked at me like I was insane. :) :) > > Well, you're basically correct. The block structure was finalised in > 1960 as part of Algol, and everything else (mainly the OO stuff) was > all present and correct in Simula in 1967. > > Since that point, imperative languages have barely changed in the > last 33 years. The only notable exception to this was Ada growing > generics in 1987, and their evolution into C++ templates. > > Martin > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient > with your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
