- Rest in peace, Duke Nukem -- you have been one of my favorite college pastimes. As sad as it makes me, it shows however the importance of time to market: if your software project takes longer to develop than the atomic bomb, you might be in trouble. The Duke Nukem forever list has this and more examples of what has been accomplished in the same period of time.
- Here's a link to a recent talk called "what killed smalltalk" and the rant that made me aware of it ;-) Speaking of talks there is a thread on reddit where people recommend their favorite Google Tech Talks.
- If this has been way too serious for you, check out this Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages. My favorite fake history fact:
Lambdas are relegated to relative obscurity until Java makes them popular by not having them.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Let the sunshine in
What a great weekend it was in the valley. The sky was clear, the sun was shining -- definitely not the time to sit at home and code! As summer finally starts making the outdoors fun again, I expect my output on this blog dropping accordingly. Therefore, no new code snippets or rants this week. Just a couple of links to keep you entertained.
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so true. RIP 3d realms, RIP duke forever. they may have been ridiculed, but they were beloved parts of the industry for decades. 3d realms in particular was an institution. it's sad to see them go.
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