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All the articles I've posted.
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How to be a lead by Dan Ingalls
Daniel (Dan) Ingalls is one of the creators of Smalltak. Other interesting development of engals was the Context Menu Seibel: Do you have any tips on how to be a good technical leader? Ingalls: The
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Talent as a programmer and talent as system-level thinkin. Peter Deutsch talks about that
Perhaps the most forgotten for the massive public of the book. But, if you use the REPL you you are making a silent tribute, because the first REPL was created by Laurence Peter Deutsch. Link to
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Readability and efficiency in your code. Guy Steele analyze this trade-of
Seibel: So when you’re writing English, you’re obviously writing for a human reader and you seem to contrast that to writing software, which is for a computer. But lots of people—such as Knuth—make a
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The language nowadays are easier? Guy Steele's answer
Seibel: Do you think languages are getting better? You keep designing them, so hopefully you think it’s a worthwhile pursuit. Is it easier to write software now because of advances that we’ve made?
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Being a better reviewer and a good architect by Peter Norvig
Seibel: So what makes the better reviewers better? Norvig: Well, that they catch more things. Some of it is the trivial stuff of you indented the wrong number of spaces or whatever but some of it is,
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Choice the correct language by Guy Steele
Seibel: How much does a choice of language really matter? Are there good reasons to choose one language over another or does it all just come down to taste? Steele: Why shouldn’t taste be a good
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Peter Norvig: programing as a Craftmanship
Seibel: As a programmer, do you consider yourself a scientist, an engineer, an artist, or a craftsman? Norvig: Well, I know when you compare the various titles of books and so on, I always thought the
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Programming: Now Vs Then by Guy Steele
Guy Steele is an academic know particularly because the "Lambda Papers". Seibel: What has changed the most in the way you think about programming now, vs. then? Other than learning that bubble sort is