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Turing Award Goes to Pioneers of Object-Oriented Programming

Posted by michael on from the shoulders-of-giants dept.

Jens_AAMC wrote in to point out that the 2001 Turing Award has been announced, going to Ole-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard for their work in object-oriented programming.

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  1. A bit late ? by boaworm · · Score: 2, Troll

    I have to agree that OO programming is in itself an important contribution to computer science. It is, as the article says, supporting more stable, robust code which can be reused (modularized).

    What i DO find interesting though... is that they (ACM) gives the price to such an old theory. I would instead prefer if ACM would have selected some _new_ issue, that could be highlighted and given a few moments in the spotlight.
    Really, what is the use with giving the price to something which is already a standard ?

    I dont say they dont deserve the price, OO is great. What I do say is that the price itself could do much more good if it were given to some theory which has yet to make great impact if given the time and resources to do so. It feels like giving the "Astronaut of the year Award" to Neil Armstrong for his lunartrip :-)

    Cant ACM, with all its resources and people, try to be a bit more innovative ?

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    Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.
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  2. What would... by Ziviyr · · Score: 1, Troll

    ...Carl Sassenrath say?

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    Someone set us up the bomb, so shine we are!