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Why is everybody gossiping -- both here and on proggit -- about a discussion list thread from April 2005? (Yes, it's a rhetorical question, but if there's a re
by jsdalton 18y ago
Why is everybody gossiping -- both here and on proggit -- about a discussion list thread from April 2005?
(Yes, it's a rhetorical question, but if there's a reason why this has suddenly become timely I'd actually like to know.)
- fh 18y ago> (Yes, it's a rhetorical question, but if there's a reason why this has suddenly become timely I'd actually like to know.) That I can answer. In a recent episode of the Stack Overflow podcast, Joel Spolsky mentioned that old Excel Basic story as an example of dealing with self-declared software architects. Unfortunately, I don't remember the exact episode number and the transcription wiki doesn't have it yet. But he basically didn't say anything that he hasn't already said in his "Two Stories" article (link below). (I don't know if this new discussion is particularly interesting or relevant, but that's why it suddenly erupted.) Links: Stack Overflow blog/podcast: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/ http://blog.stackoverflow.com/ Transcription wiki: https://stackoverflow.fogbugz.com/?W4 https://stackoverflow.fogbugz.com/?W4 Old Joel article: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/TwoStories.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/TwoStories.html
- jsdalton 18y agoAh, cool, that does actually answer the question. Thanks!