For programmers of all stripes out there (and possibly some non-programmers who have been exposed to programmers), some programming history.

For programmers of all stripes out there (and possibly some non-programmers who have been exposed to programmers), some programming history.

I particularly like the C++ bit: "1983 - Bjarne Stroustrup bolts everything he's ever heard of onto C to create C++. The resulting language is so complex that programs must be sent to the future to be compiled by the Skynet artificial intelligence. Build times suffer. Skynet's motives for performing the service remain unclear but spokespeople from the future say "there is nothing to be concerned about, baby," in an Austrian accented monotones. There is some speculation that Skynet is nothing more than a pretentious buffer overrun."

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  1. Alexander Kornienko20 May 2013 at 14:43

    This part is good: "1940s - Various "computers" are "programmed" using direct wiring and switches. Engineers do this in order to avoid the tabs vs spaces debate". We should think about coming back to basics :-)

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