14 Mar
1999
14 Mar
'99
8:05 a.m.
Of course... After the next (in progress even now
perhaps) rennissance in
computing, I suspect people will be making similar comments about the
'bloat-ware' level of programming that is prevalent in the masses today,
which allows nearly anyone with minimal experience and training to write
mediocre code which is readily accepted by the mass audience (while at the
same time being held in great disdain by those occupying the higher levels
of the art).
<only somewhat tongue-in-cheek>
I'm not so sure. Rapid change defined the 80's and 90's, but a whole class
of basic applications are starting to stabilize, which permits a really
good version to rise to the top. Personally I kind of miss a word processor
that has instantanious response like PIE on my Apple II. Anybody else
remember PIE?