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On that topic, there is a very good (and funny) talk by Bret Victor called "The Future of Programming" presented as if it were 1973. It gives an interesting to
by ad404b8a372f2b9 4y ago
On that topic, there is a very good (and funny) talk by Bret Victor called "The Future of Programming" presented as if it were 1973.
It gives an interesting tour of dead languages and the things we lost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pTEmbeENF4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pTEmbeENF4
- bepvte 4y agoThis is one of the best talks I've seen, do you have any other recommendations?
- mlajtos 4y agoStop Writing Dead Programs
- sakesun 4y ago+1 This talk explain me why I feel better with languages with more dynamic features.
- ad404b8a372f2b9 4y agoAll talks by Bret Victor are great, they are listed on his websites but they are more concerned with the future of programming than old languages: http://worrydream.com/ http://worrydream.com/ On the topic of language design, there is also this talk by Brian Kernighan which gives good practical advice if you're building a language and talks about his journey with awk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg4U4r_AgJU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg4U4r_AgJU
- tincholio 4y ago"Simple made easy" [0] by Rich Hickey is a must-watch (even if you never touch Clojure) [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxdOUGdseq4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxdOUGdseq4