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What was this drive?

• Karrot_Kream 8y ago
  Using contracts, random verification, and formal verification methods to ensure the integrity of software blocks, I believe. There's still dozens of us out there, heh.
  • seanmcdirmid 8y ago
    Not just that, but there was a genuine effort to make programming more like connecting together components on a board.
    • dymk 8y ago
      How was that different than ideas found in object oriented programming?
      • Karrot_Kream 8y ago
        There were folks that believe you could instantiate objects graphically, and just connect them together and wire them up. Take a look at Java Spring Beans, which let you describe object instances through XML that either defines an object instance or wires up other instances together.
        • test001only 8y ago
          What you are mentioning sounds like LabVIEW (http://www.ni.com/en-gb/shop/labview.html http://www.ni.com/en-gb/shop/labview.html). Incidentally it is widely used in semi-conductor industry.
        • brohee 8y ago
          I remind testing Java Studio as a student back in 1997, I guess that's Spring Beans spiritual ancestor. A review with screenshots : https://www.javaworld.com/article/2076574/developer-tools-ide/java-studio-1-0--we-want-it---but-not-right-now-.html https://www.javaworld.com/article/2076574/developer-tools-id...