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> he was angry in the 80s in my parents living room Yikes, how bad was your parents’ living room?
by alabastervlog 2y ago
> he was angry in the 80s in my parents living room
Yikes, how bad was your parents’ living room?
- anonzzzies 2y agoMy father was a commercial guy (and a good programmer) who wanted to sell development services to companies, Dijkstra didn't really like this idea, especially if it was done in a way that badly educated (...) people would write not proven correct code was distributed to the clients, making the world worse.
- desdenova 2y agoThat's exactly what ended up happening.
- jonnycat 2y agoLooking back, they were both right!
- eikenberry 2y ago> wanted to sell development services to companies So he wanted to start a contracting service? Contractors are famous for writing piles of untested, spaghetti code that only kind of works but they've finished it by then and the contract is over. Then some poor sap gets stuck trying to maintain it. Probably one of the worse ways businesses acquire custom software.
- anonzzzies 2y agoIt is how most software is written and indeed, often badly. But how do 'businesses acquire custom software' otherwise? Most in house employees suck as well. So what's the other ways?