Re: [BLACKBOX] Prof Wirth's talk at the 2009 Google Conference

From: [at]} <Gunnar>
Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 07:36:46 +0200

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"At universities ... teaching the skill of programming is considered
below the rank of academics."

Indeed so. Doesn't this apply as well to parts of the software industry?


"... if you are unhappy with the tools of your software world, then I
order you to dive into the hardware world for a few days and then come
back happily."

Another use for the bullet proof west?


regards
gunnar



Douglas G. Danforth schrieb:
> Chris,
> Thank you for posting that.
> I especially liked his comment that he was wearing a bullet proof vest!
> -Doug Danforth
>
>
> Chris Burrows wrote:
>> Prof Wirth gave the opening talk at the 2009 Google Test and Automation
>> Conference in Zurich. The full video of his presentation is on YouTube:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W5Jd_wzB90
>>
>> If you haven't got 45 minutes to spare, just watch the last 10 minutes
>> first. You might then decide to watch the rest! It should strike a few
>> familiar chords and remind us why we use Oberon / Component Pascal.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Chris Burrows
>> CFB Software
>>
>> Astrobe: ARM Oberon-07 Development System
>> http://www.astrobe.com
>>
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