"By 1974, 50 years ago, we had most of what we call modern computing." Many of the hard problems were worked on in the early days of computing. And good soluti

"By 1974, 50 years ago, we had most of what we call modern computing." Many of the hard problems were worked on in the early days of computing. And good solutions found. Today it's more about managing the complexity of existing systems, I suppose? Or.. re-inventing a wheel for the 100th time, in Yet Another Language.