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From: Mart Zirnask <martzirnask@gmail.com>
To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: Plan 9 announcements on twitter
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2020 09:25:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHUAchwf-=PhwoXTKWKVo3+UaPwKnWE5jjUuBMEq3+v6O1TpHQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJQ9t7hiPT=7S68sfeNX5D2gr2YqRT2ezuUTMxguSBMDAE6suw@mail.gmail.com>

> PS: I concur with the late Dijkstra that the programming language(s)
> you learn shape(s) your ability to construct abstractions in your
> mind. We're kind of safe for as long as C remains the base language
> for development. All bets are off when Objective C takes over.

Would you mind posting a link to the manuscript/transcript of the
essay where he discusses this?

Thanks,
Mart

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  reply	other threads:[~2020-12-03  7:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-12 21:36 [9fans] " Skip Tavakkolian
2020-11-13  3:50 ` Lucio De Re
2020-11-13  3:55   ` Don A. Bailey
2020-11-13  3:57     ` Calvin Morrison
2020-11-13  6:31       ` sirjofri+ml-9fans
2020-11-16  0:03       ` [9fans] " cigar562hfsp952fans
2020-11-13 18:45 ` [9fans] " Kim Shrier
2020-11-13 19:05   ` Skip Tavakkolian
2020-11-13 19:09     ` Skip Tavakkolian
2020-11-13 23:23     ` Pouya Tafti
2020-11-16  0:09 ` [9fans] " cigar562hfsp952fans
2020-12-03  3:09   ` cigar562hfsp952fans
2020-12-03  4:01     ` Lucio De Re
2020-12-03  7:25       ` Mart Zirnask [this message]
2020-12-03  8:50         ` Lucio De Re
2020-12-03  9:28           ` [9fans] " Bakul Shah
2020-12-04  9:37             ` Lucio De Re
2020-12-04 13:20               ` hiro
2020-12-05  9:12                 ` Lucio De Re
2020-12-05 22:25       ` [9fans] " cigar562hfsp952fans
2020-12-06  3:56         ` Lucio De Re
2020-12-07  4:45           ` Devon H. O'Dell
2020-12-06 19:52         ` Ethan Gardener
2020-12-07  4:28           ` Lucio De Re
2020-11-18  2:34 ` [9fans] " ori

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