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Wow, thank you for that link. Never saw it before. Perlis really did deliver on his intention to give us a "pou sto to last the student for 40 years, not a hand
by andyraskin 11y ago
Wow, thank you for that link. Never saw it before. Perlis really did deliver on his intention to give us a "pou sto to last the student for 40 years, not a handbook for tomorrow’s employment." Every time I've encountered a new language or framework (Java, Ruby, Rails, whatever), I've been grateful to him. He also delivered on his intention to keep us "on the computer early and often." I didn't get much sleep that semester -- now I see that was by design :)
- dang 11y agoThat's wonderful to hear. Thanks for the update. Edit: I had to look up pou sto. Turns out it's Archimedes' "place to stand" from which he could move the earth. In other words, the best possible foundation. A high aspiration for a programming language course.
- andyraskin 11y agoFull disclosure: I had to look up pou sto also. I guess there are still some downsides to not majoring in the classics.