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> There's not much new under the sun. I wish every CS curriculum had a mandatory course on the history of CS. Covering how many times the same ideas have been
by jjav 4y ago
> There's not much new under the sun.
I wish every CS curriculum had a mandatory course on the history of CS.
Covering how many times the same ideas have been "new" and then discarded as not useful, only to be rediscovered. It could help reduce the amount of churn in the industry, so we can move forward instead of forgetting and relearning the same things over and over.
- madmax108 4y agoMandatory link to Bret Victor's "The Future of Programming" talk which discusses some of the same ideas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pTEmbeENF4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pTEmbeENF4
- jiriro 4y agoWhat’s the year of this presentation? There’s 1973 on the slide. Is this possible? It looks like a joke but I’m not sure.
- belfalas 4y agoIt's after the year 2000 - definitely a joke on Bret's part. He is very big on keeping computer history alive and contextualizing things. You're meant to pretend Bret is giving the presentation in 1973; e.g. his comment about "but there's no way Intel will corner the market and stifle innovation, right?"