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>>So ignore the haters and just get things done, I guess. Not sure if you're implying I'm a hater here or not, but being charitable I'll assume not. >> It is
by marktangotango 12y ago
>>So ignore the haters and just get things done, I guess.
Not sure if you're implying I'm a hater here or not, but being charitable I'll assume not.
>> It is time for us to stop living in the past and start moving to the future.
The old saw about those who don't know their history and repetition springs to mind. Edit: not imply you don't know the history, as you clearly do, but many don't.
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoI was referring to the sentiment in general, with specific people in mind that I dare not say out loud. I know my PL history pretty well, from Sutherland, McCarthy, Kay, Steele, Papert, Lieberman, not to mention all the VPLs, constraint programming systems, and so on. Ya, there is a lot of work, but that is no excuse to stagnate. Edit: I'm not sure it is useful to shame people for not knowing their history. There isn't much wrong with reinvention, and who knows, it might be better than what was invented before. Our legacy sometimes does us more harm than good.
- lfowles 12y agoYep, there's nothing intrinsically magical about that time that made language designers better than now. In fact, 30-40 years later we even have more collective experience under our belts!
- lfowles 12y agoYep, there's nothing intrinsically magical about that time that made language designers better than now. In fact, 30-40 years later we even have more collective experience under our belts!