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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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  1. Copyright by PktLoss · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Lets respect copyright this time and not steal the entire article to repost here.

  2. Re:wat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. salon bunkas by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
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  4. Remember... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  5. Full Article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  6. PARENT IS A TROLL! MOD DOWN! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The text of the article has been altered.

    Still, that picture of Bill Gates dumpster-diving for operating-system code was hard to shake. And even harder to shake was the picture of Rob Malda taking it up the ass from Hemos. Finding new ways to think about programming and to make better software demands a willingness for pioneers to open up their work so others can learn from it.

    Mod the parent down.

  7. solution to indian problems... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Send pox-infested mousepads and complimentary microsoft .NET development tools. If the pox don't get 'em (hey it worked last time!) they'll go mad by reading the insane api!
    Either way the jobs come back to the USA, where they belong. Woohoo!

    1. Re:solution to indian problems... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Sheesh. Even for a Slashdotter, your ignorance is astounding.

      The Indians that the pox "got" last time were Native Americans.

      What're you? Some third-rate inbred white trailer-trash? Hmm...I smell you. *retch*

  8. and in other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    *BSD is dying.

  9. Have you noticed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Have you noticed that in the same way the the "Internet" and the "New Economy" turned from *exciting paradigms* into jokes and icons of pain, Slashdot itself has transitioned from being a cool and relevant production into a target of jokes? What happened to the founders? Does success *always* demand subsequent failure??

    Why don't people get over themselves, and start paying attention to their product???

  10. Re:Erster Pfosten! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Netcraft confirms: Hitler's hat--rectum.
    To the scrapheap of history with all such asshats.

  11. MOD PARENT UP Y0! +65535 ZERODAY ELITE SHIT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    don't give me that -1 bull shit

  12. Re:wat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  13. Re:wat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    everytime i find myself in an argument with a citizen of the USA i simple point him to this image. If he responds, I simply point him again to this image. If he responds, I simply point him again to this image. If he responds, I simply point him again to this image. If he responds, I simply point him again to this image. If he responds, I simply point him again to this image. If he responds, I simply point him again to this image. If he responds, I simply point him again to this image. If he responds, I simply point him again to this image.

  14. Re:That's curry you smell... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hehe :-)