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Overall a good post... except for that first line 'Everything in software development has already been invented' Really... everything? I don't buy that but do
by blihp 8y ago
Overall a good post... except for that first line 'Everything in software development has already been invented' Really... everything? I don't buy that but do agree with the sentiment expressed in the rest of the paragraph that people keep rediscovering/reinventing things. Computing is a field with very little long term memory.
- tobiasSoftware 8y agoThat and "We don’t need any more computer languages." I admit I'm biased though as I'm writing a new computer language. But I believe I have found several interesting innovations. I would agree with both of these as rules of thumb though, chances are a new programming language is a dumb idea and that your idea has already been done in some library. But new innovations still do exist, they are just rare.