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> We've learned a lot since the unix philosophy was created. One of those things is that, if you want software that lasts, software that performs well, you need
by bregma 6y ago
> We've learned a lot since the unix philosophy was created. One of those things is that, if you want software that lasts, software that performs well, you need to be strongly typed.
Unix itself, for example, won't last even 10 years. Look for it to be gone by the mid-late 1970s as it gets replaced by strongly-typed objects passed directly between applications to control our fusion-powered flying cars.
- naikrovek 6y agoIf you think the presence of Unix today is proof of anything good, you do not have an active imagination. What will computing look like in 500 years? Do we really believe that we reached the pinnacle of OS development in the 1970s?