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I really enjoyed watching this video and will forward it to some friends. But before you start, be aware that the talk is 50 minutes long, plus a ten minute Q&A. I would say there is more showmanship than passion. He constantly paces from one side of the stage to the other. Pointlessly flips notecards into the air. IMnotHO: irritating. OTOH, he talks clearly about people and ideas that have been important in programming over the last 30 years (including stuff that I was not aware of), and on that basis I would strongly recommend the talk. The short answer to the topic question is that SmallTalk died because "it made it too easy to make a mess." Martin concludes with three elements of professionalism: 1. The discipline to test. Constantly. Really. 2. Humility. No Us vs. Them. 3. Solving dirty problems. Your code does not exist in isolation; it has to work with the external world. Thank you, Joe, for pointing out this clip. Bill Collier Joseph Apuzzo wrote: If you want to see a really good talk about programing check this out:RailsConf 09: Robert Martin, "What Killed Smalltalk Could Kill Ruby, Too" http://railsconf.blip.tv/file/2089545/ I wish all my professors had this passion and ability to engage the audience. It's techie Ruby/SmallTalk language stuff, but really well done, I wish I could be this good ( really ) Joe _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Oct 7 - Glade - Linux GUIs made easy Nov 4 - Google Wave Dec 2 - MythTV Jan 6 - Git -- William W. Collier [email protected] www.mpdiag.com www.bestweb.net/~collier |
_______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Oct 7 - Glade - Linux GUIs made easy Nov 4 - Google Wave Dec 2 - MythTV Jan 6 - Git
