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> Other than the cloud and more computing and network power I don't think software development has really moved forward much. So a person from the 70s who was

> Other than the cloud and more computing and network power I don't think software development has really moved forward much. So a person from the 70s who was instantly transported to today would feel like the only difference is that instead of having our own servers we ship things to Heroku? Please...

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maxxxxx 9y ago
I think they could get up to speed pretty quickly, yes. The ideas were all there.
wbl 9y ago
Have you seen the Alto demos? Quake would be new to them, maybe the browser. As for shipping to Heroku IBM was renting mainframe timeshares in the 1960's.