Why Programming Still Stinks

Andrew Leonard writes "Scott Rosenberg has a column on Salon today about a conference held in honor of the twentieth anniversary of the publishing of 'Programmers at Work.' Among the panelists saying interesting things about the state of programing today are Andy Hertzfeld, Charles Simonyi, Jaron Lanier, and Jef Raskin."

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[stephanruby]

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No thanks. The first two paragraphs didn't make me want to read anymore. I'll wait for the comments of the slashdoters to appear.

Hmmm, there's an interesting duo...

[The Spie]

If they did this as a round table, I would have been sad to have missed it. You just know that at some point in the discussion, Raskin and Hertzfeld would have gotten into a fistfight over who the real father of the Mac was. "Two geeks enter, one geek leaves..."

Re:This is why I hate slashdot

[anthonyrcalgary]

Are you seriously suggesting that anyone would read the article anyway? No, this is the time to broadcast one's opinions in a fashion loosely connected with what we think the article might be about.

Re:This is why I hate slashdot

[the_mad_poster]

Or, to summarize your summary:

Same ol', same ol'.

Re:This is why I hate slashdot

[starm_]

lol good sig!... or is it bad sig?

Programming = Art

[HarveyBirdman]

Oh it *is* an art.

Sadly it's the type of art where they paint with feces.

Re:Hungarian Notation

[fforw]

The linked page didn't mention that Charles Simonyi is the Hungarian for whom the term, Hungarian Notation is named.

my first thought was :
why should I listen to what m_plzstrSimonyi has to say about programming?

Why programmers still stink?

[varj]

Lack of soap!