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When I was a kid, programmers - the elders, those whose lives and achievements had been described in all my introductory books - seemed to be immortal, because
by dpq 8y ago
When I was a kid, programmers - the elders, those whose lives and achievements had been described in all my introductory books - seemed to be immortal, because all these people who changed the world and created the wonderful universe of computers and software - they were all alive then (at least those I knew and cared about). That time is long gone now... and we are no longer immortal. We have lost so many of our kind. And today, we have lost yet another titan.
R.I.P. Paul Allen. The world will remember you. And the kids of tomorrow, and the day after that will still discover our wonderful world reading books mentioning and revering your name. Alas, in the past tense now. Goodbye.
- koiz 8y agoAt least the ideas are immortal.
- WalterSear 8y ago"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. I don't want to live on in the hearts of my countrymen; I want to live on in my apartment." - Woody Allen
- verelo 8y agoGreat quote, creepy guy.
- darkmighty 8y agoNothing is immortal. "Time fades even legend..." Some things last more than others though, and I'm certainly not going to denounce propagating good ideas. In portuguese there is a sonnet that goes " (...) And I may say about love: Let it not be immortal, seeing as it is a flame. But let it be infinite while it lasts." (Vinicius de Moraes)
- ekianjo 8y agoOnly as long as there are warm bodies to hold them.
- tomjen3 8y agoIt was weird discovering Lisp and seeing that the creators were still alive. It was weird learning C and seeing that the creators were still alive. I fear there will be many more black bars in our future...