[... then] "Smalltalk is the ancient Egyptian religion. The Initiated know it already had all the important concepts working long ago and most popular modern languages are incomplete subsets of it that obsess over artificial restrictions of their own creation while entirely missing the reason their code exists in the first place.
And the heart of your code will be judged against the Feather of Truth before it can join the message passing afterlife."
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This was slashdotted, originated here
- http://www.aegisub.net/2008/12/if-programming-languages-were-religions.html
Could nor resist mentioning for the squeak-list records ;)
/Klaus
On 17/12/2008, at 15:17, Klaus D. Witzel wrote:
[... then] "Smalltalk is the ancient Egyptian religion. The Initiated know it already had all the important concepts working long ago and most popular modern languages are incomplete subsets of it that obsess over artificial restrictions of their own creation while entirely missing the reason their code exists in the first place.
And the heart of your code will be judged against the Feather of Truth before it can join the message passing afterlife."
This was slashdotted, originated here
religions.html
Could nor resist mentioning for the squeak-list records ;)
/Klaus
-- "If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it". Albert Einstein
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Very good , read this old
http://www.scribd.com/doc/320372/How-to-kill-a-Dragon-with-Programming
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:50:09 +0100, Edgar J. De Cleene wrote:
On 17/12/2008, at 15:17, Klaus D. Witzel wrote:
[... then] "Smalltalk is the ancient Egyptian religion. The Initiated know it already had all the important concepts working long ago and most popular modern languages are incomplete subsets of it that obsess over artificial restrictions of their own creation while entirely missing the reason their code exists in the first place.
And the heart of your code will be judged against the Feather of Truth before it can join the message passing afterlife."
This was slashdotted, originated here
religions.html
Could nor resist mentioning for the squeak-list records ;)
/Klaus
...
Very good , read this old
http://www.scribd.com/doc/320372/How-to-kill-a-Dragon-with-Programming
I tried the link, the page says "iPaper loading, please wait" but nothing else happens (except perhaps a virus infection is attempted?)
So what's this about?
On 17/12/2008, at 16:14, Klaus D. Witzel wrote:
I tried the link, the page says "iPaper loading, please wait" but nothing else happens (except perhaps a virus infection is attempted?)
So what's this about?
Take a seconds, for me and say humoristic how to kill a Dragon in many languages.
For Smalltalk programmer:
Arrives , analyzes the dragon and the princess, turn around and leaves, they are way too inferior
Edgar
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