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> It is interesting the amount of knowledge that gets lost within a few generations. I've only been programming for 4 years. What's the second best way to lear

> It is interesting the amount of knowledge that gets lost within a few generations. I've only been programming for 4 years. What's the second best way to learn the old practices and the way things were done (the first best being "living back then").

pjmlp 10y ago
If you enjoy reading documents, BITSAVERS.ORG is a treasure mine full of lost knowledge. https://archive.org/details/bitsavers https://archive.org/details/bitsavers Here you will find Xerox PARC, DEC, Burroughs, Apple, Sun, Borland,... old research documents, papers, manuals. In the context of static compilation, for example in MS-DOS, take Turbo Pascal 6.0 programmer's guide. https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_borlandturVersion6.0ProgrammersGuide_11460728 https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_borlandturVersion6.0Pr... For some 8 bit love you can check ZX Spectrum and Atari archives. http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ http://www.atariarchives.org/ http://www.atariarchives.org/ Next step is to get an emulator for any of those old OS/computers and try to follow along one of those books. Also there are some videos on YouTube showing those systems. "The Smalltalk-80 Programming System" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLPiMl8XUKU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLPiMl8XUKU "NeXT vs Sun" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGhfB-NICzg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGhfB-NICzg "Steve Jobs internal demo of NeXTSTEP 3" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gveTy4EmNyk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gveTy4EmNyk "Amiga Programming" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOAyVIWFaXQ&list=PL1E7187BCFFD11ABF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOAyVIWFaXQ&list=PL1E7187BCF... "Amiga Hardware Programming" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p83QUZ1-P10&list=PLc3ltHgmiidpK-s0eP5hTKJnjdTHz0_bW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p83QUZ1-P10&list=PLc3ltHgmii... The Mother of All Demos" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY Just a very tiny sample of videos
- nurettin 10y ago
  I emailed the bitsavers link to our programming team at work with the subject: "jurassic park"

pjmlp 10y ago

If you enjoy reading documents, BITSAVERS.ORG is a treasure mine full of lost knowledge. https://archive.org/details/bitsavers https://archive.org/details/bitsavers Here you will find Xerox PARC, DEC, Burroughs, Apple, Sun, Borland,... old research documents, papers, manuals. In the context of static compilation, for example in MS-DOS, take Turbo Pascal 6.0 programmer's guide. https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_borlandturVersion6.0ProgrammersGuide_11460728 https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_borlandturVersion6.0Pr... For some 8 bit love you can check ZX Spectrum and Atari archives. http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ http://www.atariarchives.org/ http://www.atariarchives.org/ Next step is to get an emulator for any of those old OS/computers and try to follow along one of those books. Also there are some videos on YouTube showing those systems. "The Smalltalk-80 Programming System" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLPiMl8XUKU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLPiMl8XUKU "NeXT vs Sun" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGhfB-NICzg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGhfB-NICzg "Steve Jobs internal demo of NeXTSTEP 3" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gveTy4EmNyk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gveTy4EmNyk "Amiga Programming" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOAyVIWFaXQ&list=PL1E7187BCFFD11ABF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOAyVIWFaXQ&list=PL1E7187BCF... "Amiga Hardware Programming" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p83QUZ1-P10&list=PLc3ltHgmiidpK-s0eP5hTKJnjdTHz0_bW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p83QUZ1-P10&list=PLc3ltHgmii... The Mother of All Demos" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY Just a very tiny sample of videos

nurettin 10y ago
I emailed the bitsavers link to our programming team at work with the subject: "jurassic park"