Another example is his sneering at old-fashioned non-user-friendly software tools. It sounds like he’s never had the experience of overcoming a really steep learning curve. (And what on Earth does he mean by “programming languages… not updated since the 1970s”? C?)
Another example is his sneering at old-fashioned non-user-friendly software tools. It sounds like he’s never had the experience of overcoming a really steep learning curve. (And what on Earth does he mean by “programming languages… not updated since the 1970s”? C?)
He must be referring to the multitudes of die-hard ALGOL 60 users.
I don’t know about ALGOL, but I’ve known people who still make more than a decent living thanks to their expertise in COBOL or Smalltalk.
Yes… but both of those have evolved significantly since the 1970′s. Smalltalk wasn’t even publicly released until 1980.