Our future is in our past or whatever

Kod.io Keynote By Chris Stephenson
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1. Our future is in our past or whatever Chris Stephenson Department of Computer Science ˙ Istanbul Bilgi University Last compiled on October 26, 2013, using L A TEX, because we prefer to do things the hard way Chris Stephenson Slide 1 of 41
2. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. -George Santayana Chris Stephenson Slide 2 of 41
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4. ¸ Sair der ki: “Cehlin ol rütbesi sehl olmaz Tahsilsiz bu rütbe cehl olmaz.” Bana aktaran - Mete Tunçay Chris Stephenson Slide 4 of 41
5. Yani: “Cehaletin bu kadarı kolay olmaz Ö˘ grenim görmeden bu kadar cahil olunmaz.” Chris Stephenson Slide 5 of 41
6. Sources Weinberg (1971) Brooks (1974) Kernighan and Plauger (1974) Dijkstra the EWD archive(1960-2004) Chris Stephenson Slide 6 of 41
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8. Programming as a social activity Chris Stephenson Slide 8 of 41
9. The productivity ratio Chris Stephenson Slide 9 of 41
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12. Where to find examples of bad programming? Chris Stephenson Slide 12 of 41
13. Programming text books, of course! Chris Stephenson Slide 13 of 41
14. Figure (a) Chris Stephenson Slide 14 of 41
15. When dinosaurs romaed the earth 1973 - PDP-11 64 kbytes RAM, 100 kHz. But... look at Go Chris Stephenson Slide 15 of 41
16. But... look at Go Unix pipes - right there in the language (!) (In unix shell circa 1973) Tony Hoare style concurrency (circa 1978) and... Chris Stephenson Slide 16 of 41
17. But... look at Go Unix pipes - right there in the language (!) (In unix shell circa 1973) Tony Hoare style concurrency (circa 1978) Dynamic scope (established as a bug circa 1935) Chris Stephenson Slide 17 of 41
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20. "the Bourbon Kings had learned nothing and forgotten nothing" -Talleyrand Chris Stephenson Slide 20 of 41
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22. Those who set out to repeat the past should get what they deserve. Chris Stephenson Slide 22 of 41
23. Weinberg Programming as a Social Activity Chris Stephenson Slide 23 of 41
24. Weinberg Programming as a Social Activity In itself Within society Chris Stephenson Slide 24 of 41
25. Brooks The bazaar - 360 series hardware The cathedral - OS/360 Hierarchies Chris Stephenson Slide 25 of 41
26. Dijkstra Chris Stephenson Slide 26 of 41
27. Dijkstra Chris Stephenson Slide 27 of 41
28. Obamacare “Bad Government Software” James Kwak Chris Stephenson Slide 28 of 41
29. CFIT Chris Stephenson Slide 29 of 41
30. Controlled Flight Into Terrain Chris Stephenson Slide 30 of 41
31. Go-arounds Chris Stephenson Slide 31 of 41
32. Only 3% of unstable approaches result in Go-arounds Chris Stephenson Slide 32 of 41
33. 54% of all transport-category accidents in 2011 could have been prevented if the crew had decided to try again. (83% of all landing accidents) Source: FSF Brussels go-around forum 2013 Chris Stephenson Slide 33 of 41
34. Controlled Flight Into Terrain Chris Stephenson Slide 34 of 41
35. Controlled Flight Into Terrain Chris Stephenson Slide 35 of 41
36. Controlled Flight Into Terrain Chris Stephenson Slide 36 of 41
37. Controlled Flight Into Terrain Chris Stephenson Slide 37 of 41
38. Hierarchy is the root of lousy technology. Chris Stephenson Slide 38 of 41
39. “Don’t be evil” is not enough Chris Stephenson Slide 39 of 41
40. Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said, “It’s called capitalism. We are proudly capitalistic.” Chris Stephenson Slide 40 of 41
41. “Be good” Chris Stephenson Slide 41 of 41