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I wonder how a programmer from the 80s would react if they were given a time machine and this was their first experience with modern programming.
by rudolf0 10y ago
I wonder how a programmer from the 80s would react if they were given a time machine and this was their first experience with modern programming.
- matt4077 10y ago"I saw that debate yesterday – you people don't deserve these beautiful screens. Ohhh, glorious glorious pixels!" "Oh, you're only downloading the software you need, when you need it, from the network? That's smart, you must be really smart to fit all these pixels into 640k" "Who cares if everyone will need the 'core'. Back in the 80ies the rule is: if you can avoid a goto, doso!"
- rhinoceraptor 10y agoYou can download your programming environment through a ubiquitous computer network instead of mail ordering a set of floppies? That's amazing!
- bostik 10y agoI think they might be feeling quite at home. It's not like dumb thin clients and mainframes would be a new thing.