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Postmodern Computer Science

Posted by michael on from the odd-but-interesting dept.

gnat writes "Two New Zealand computer scientists have a paper accepted for OOPSLA called Notes on Postmodern Programming, which identifies shortcomings in traditional views of computer science. With a section on the difference between "The Matrix" and the net, a bulleted list of new approaches called "We're All Devo", and a section called "Messy is Good" consisting of nothing but a scan of a hand-drawn diagram, this is not your father's computer science paper. It's thought-provoking stuff, though. And you know they did their homework--they cite Larry Wall's Postmodern Perl talk."

22 of 386 comments (clear)

  1. damnit almoust had first post by CowboyTodd · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  2. the first post modern fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp all the way baby. my life is complete. post modernism rocks

  3. NAVEWEISS WILL DIE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    He will be slain soon.

  4. Amazing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Slashdotted before the first post. Is that a record?

  5. Help with linux pls TIA kthxbye by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Can someone please tell me about the different linux distros (Redhat, debian, Minix, etc...).

    I want to learn about linux but I dont know which distro to install?


    TIA kthxbye

    1. Re:Help with linux pls TIA kthxbye by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      seriously can some1 help me; kthxbye

      TIA

    2. Re:Help with linux pls TIA kthxbye by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Im not joking pls help thx

    3. Re:Help with linux pls TIA kthxbye by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I'd reccomend Mandrake, because it's the only one that is any good, and all other distros are lame as fuck for anyone. Don't forget to use vi only, too. Otherwise, you will be a totally own7 ll4m4 b17ch.

  6. Of course the site is gonna be /.'ed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The paper is a freakin 1.7 mb. A /. ing of the servers is unavoidable.

  7. /.ed. What a surprise. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wow, 10 minutes and it's already slashdotted. I'm barely getting 3 KB/sec on the PDF file. I winder what kind of a link New Zealand has? I bet we can bring it down :)

    1. Re:/.ed. What a surprise. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      No need to do that. We have a fucking nazi telecom company that ensures that bandwidth is as rare as pink elephants.

      Stop picking on the poor uni though.

  8. Re:More overhead! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can someone mod that parent nonsense down? Can 13 year olds f**k off from slashdot?

  9. Re:More overhead! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    He's not a 13 year old. He's a bitter 65 year old who's angry he didn't get his because he was too busy throwing darts at his picture of Bill Gates.

  10. Re:It wasn't trolling, mods... and ASM still rocks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    of course it's a troll. SexyKellyOsbourne is a pro troll. Read his other posts, and mod him to hell every time you see the name.

  11. Re:More overhead! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    boy, you must be new at this? are you a first year compsci student?

    so much propaganda, so little thought...

  12. MSBob's a TROLL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and an ignoramus.

    Let's see a link to some of your fabulous programming, MSBob. You know, the stuff that's better than all those stupid books you've read.

    1. Re:MSBob's a TROLL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      For any morons still taking this paper seriously please read section 13.

      Now shut up already ya gullible poofter.

  13. This just in: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The picture of kur05hin.org next to pseudo-intellectual wanking in the dictionary has just been replaced by this paper.

  14. http://quiz.ravenblack.net/blood.pl?3408785454 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Check out this!

    http://quiz.ravenblack.net/blood.pl?3408785454 Yeehaw!

  15. Your Karma Blows by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Consider reincarnation.

  16. Re:don't forget... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Jesus. That was the least enjoyable thing I've read in my entire life.

  17. Re:Multi-paradigm language Oz by jtdubs · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I found logical programming.

    There is a package for LISP called Screamer that provides a logical programming system with backtracking-based non-determinism and constraint-satisfaction primitives.

    Still working on finding relational programming code for LISP...

    Justin Dubs