Re: CS in the 90's

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From: ma... Malcolm Austin
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 1990 20:49

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In article <978@bbxsda.UUCP> scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker) writes:
>In article <2928.2...@cc.helsinki.fi> mnyk...@cc.helsinki.fi writes:
>>Andrej Proskurowski, a visiting lecturer at our U., pointed out the
>>following sequence of important CS books:
>>60's	Donald Knuth		The ART of Computer Programming
>>70's	Edsger W. Dijkstra	A DISCIPLINE of Programming
>>80's	David Gries		The SCIENCE of Programming
>>What about the 90's?
>
>90's    ?????                   The ULTIMATE TRUTH of Programming
>

 90's	Natl Endowment for the Arts	The Programming of Art

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"Stripped of its fancy jargon, an object is a lexically scoped subroutine
with multiple entry points and persistant state." -- Scott Guthery, "Are the
Emperor's New Clothes Object Oriented?", Dr. Dobbs Journal, Dec 89
--
Malcolm Austin -- ma...@fir.morgan.com 
Disclaimer (v.), to disarm an opponent wielding a Scottish broadsword

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