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The term "programmer-archaeologist" was coined by the author Vernor Vinge in his 1999 "A Deepness in the Sky"[0] (a pretty great read and definitely recommended
by EvanAnderson 5mo ago
The term "programmer-archaeologist" was coined by the author Vernor Vinge in his 1999 "A Deepness in the Sky"[0] (a pretty great read and definitely recommended) and the field is arguably a real thing now[1].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deepness_in_the_Sky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Deepness_in_the_Sky
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_archaeology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_archaeology
- 9dev 5mo agoThank you for the recommendation! I'm definitely aware of many initiatives into that direction, but I'm still curious when it'll invariably arrive as a real discipline not in computer science, but humanities.