Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The mind reels. Those for whom good programming and "early versions of Basic" can be uttered in the same breath live in a world that I am glad I cannot comprehend. Clive Moss wrote: > More nonsense. Gates was a very good programmer. Remember the early > versions of Basic? (Yes, I know Basic came from Dartmouth -- but Gates > wrote the best interpreters and compilers.) Gates really understood > compilers and what developers needed -- but not operating systems and what > systems administrators needed. Remember that the definition of "good > programming" changes over time. Little of what is written today would have > passed as "good programming" in 1963, when I started -- and vice versa. > > Leica once did follow the MS example -- create demand for a product > category that nobody wanted -- the 35mm camera. Unfortunately, it was never > able to move much beyond its first success. At least MS has not (yet) > stooped to releasing special editions of its software packaged in velvet > lined cases with gold plated disks at inflates prices. > -- - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html