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Yeah, I know who he is. I was avidly following the brouhaha when that offhand remark he made a few months ago wound up on the front page of Mashable. Not to de
by allenbrunson 17y ago
Yeah, I know who he is. I was avidly following the brouhaha when that offhand remark he made a few months ago wound up on the front page of Mashable.
Not to denigrate Joshua's achievements, but I'm not really into web stuff like most of you guys. The big topics around here are python, ruby, erlang, myssql, rails, et al. If I were to learn a new language today, I'd pick something like Z80 assembler. That makes me less marketable, but that's what appeals to me.
Andy Hertzfeld did his best work in the severely constrained environment of the early Macintosh. I'm equally impressed by guys who were able to write games for the Atari 2600 and the Intellivision in 2K of ROM and a couple hundred bytes of RAM. That's the kind of stories I like to hear, for better or worse. Not surprisingly, I've read every story on folklore.org several times.
- steveklabnik 17y agoHave you read The Soul of a New Machine? It sounds like something you'd really like.
- allenbrunson 17y agoyes, i've read it. i found it unremarkable. the tale of the creation of a new computer sounds good in theory, but i couldn't get very involved. i've read most of the other entries in this genre as well. my favorite is "hackers" by steven levy.
- steveklabnik 17y agoOkay. Personally, I couldn't put it down. Then again, I tend to idolize that period of computer history, since I missed it... I haven't read "Hackers," I'll check it out.
- nomoresecrets 17y agoYou may also like the story of LEO then: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Computer-Called-LEO-Worlds-Office/dp/1841151858 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Computer-Called-LEO-Worlds-Office/dp...