His "Mythical Man-Month" remains a classic. On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 4:30 PM 'Kenneth Lettow' via Chat < [email protected]> wrote:
> > https://cs.unc.edu/news-article/remembering-department-founder-dr-frederick-p-brooks-jr/ > > I was lucky enough to have spent a few hours with Dr. Brooks while helping > with an interview Catherine Lathwell did with him discussing KEI and APL in > 2012. > > Dr. Brooks was incredibly engaging and had a great laugh and sense of > humor. > > During a break in the interview, I asked Dr. Brooks about the famous > Dijkstra APL "coding bums" comment, and why it seemed that Dijkstra was so > bitter towards APL. > > He quickly corrected me, "he wasn't bitter", so I offered up "overly > critical" and before the word critical left my lips he proclaimed > "HYPUUH-CRITICAL!" in his amazing southern drawl. > > I was instantly laughing at his response. He went on to say that he wasn't > really sure of why Dijkstra had such a seemingly dim view of APL, outside > of maybe "it wasn't invented here" syndrome. It was a meeting I will never > forget. > > Condolences to Dr. Brooks and his family. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA Quantitative Consultant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
