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> which was a bit of an unguided mess at the time Oh, come on. There was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structured_program_theorem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
by js8 6y ago
> which was a bit of an unguided mess at the time
Oh, come on. There was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structured_program_theorem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structured_program_theorem and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular_programming. There was a discussion about functional programming, for example famous John Backus article - https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/359576.359579 https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/359576.359579.
- kitd 6y agoI was really thinking lower-level, specifically OOP, though yes I should've said it. OOP was going to save the world but no one knew how to design properly with it. GoF patterns were a set of off-the-shelf tactical designs intended to get you started in the right direction.
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