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A comment on The dumbing-down of programming (1998).

Re:The dumbing-down of programming (1998) by stcredzero on Friday May 15, 2009 @11:54AM (#610779)
We build our computers the way we build our cities -- over time, without a plan, on top of ruins.

Yes, but didn't Christopher Alexander, the Pattern Language guy, praise the way we sometimes build (unplanned) things like villages?

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