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From: paul at guertin.net (Paul Guertin)
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 08:43:09 -0400
Subject: [COFF] Views of the future from 1970?
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On 2020/10/25 10:06, Finn O'Leary wrote:
> what /was/ the view of the future of computing, by people working deeply 
> with the systems of the time?

I remember a CS prof telling our class in the 1980s, when the
idea of integrated development environments was starting to
take form:

"I don't know what kind of tool people will use to write
programs in the 21st century... but I'm pretty sure it will
be called Emacs."

Paul Guertin