16 Aug
2007
16 Aug
'07
11:26 a.m.
Brian Knittel wrote:
Well, that was all quite hilarious.
The site also presents a good example of how some people need some
appreciation for history (or should we assume malice instead of ignorance?):
"Using COSA technology the company is capable of demonstrating how to
eliminate the need for software developers."
Thousands have made that claim starting in the 50s with "Automatic
Programming".
"... It is also easier to debug because it
does not use the
structures of nested if-then-else statements known as spaghetti code
popular in conventional programming languages."
...
When did the meaning change?
It hasn't. Let's just say that the quoted speaker has
his own take on things.
http://www.vsmerlot.com/
Click the "Wasn't the GOTO" link to see what he's
talking about.
Then take a look at the QuickSort example, to see how he's
brought new clarity to the ghastly confusion of the
usual coded implementation.