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No, not this Metaprogramming[^]
I'm referring to this metaprogramming[^]
Be sure to read the comments as well.
Not sure what I wanted to convey with this, but he has a point, successful programs products usually starts small with a visionary in the lead, rather than run by a management team.
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Very few coders would I give the title "programmer".
Of those, even fewer, "software engineer"
Of those, even fewer, "metaprogrammer"
That said, the kind of successful programs that he's talking about in the article (Turbo Pascal, CP/M, QDOS, WordStar, MSWord, Lotus123) well, most of those are archaic, and even the origins of MSWord and Lotus are archaic in their 1.0 versions.
It was also a very different time. Come on, Turbo Pascal had a text-based IDE with special text characters to draw the frames.
Nowadays, a successful product requires a small village with several visionaries -- back-end, front-end, security, customer support, social media marketing, cross-platform / mobile, etc.
It's not the same game anymore.
[edit]Oh, and a lot of those characters he mentions as metaprogrammers are also narcissistic egomaniacs.  [/edit]
Marc
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Marc Clifton wrote: Oh, and a lot of those characters he mentions as metaprogrammers are also narcissistic egomaniacs
You can still get a long way being a narcissistic egomaniac. Just think Apple. 
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Marc Clifton wrote: a lot of those characters he mentions as metaprogrammers are also narcissistic egomaniacs.
Oh, I'm in the list. Cool.
This space for rent
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: Oh, I'm in the list. Cool
But I'm higher on it, of course.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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You can be high on what you want, we don't judge.
CALL APOGEE, SAY AARDWOLF
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game.
I'm a puny punmaker.
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An interesting if nostalgic article. The comments are very revealing including those about Dave Cutler Dave Cutler - Wikipedia[^] . I found the link to the history of Xenix Xenix - Wikipedia[^] fascinating. The author could have mentioned Wayne Ratliff - Wikipedia[^] of dBase fame and Briklin and Frankston who created VisiCalc VisiCalc - Wikipedia[^] .
While I do agree with Marc Clifton's comments this article reminds us of a time where great steps forward were achieved by single individuals with a vision. Narcissists maybe but clever and motivated also. Ever since then I have had great respect for the adage "If it takes 1 programmer 1 year it will take 100 programmers 100 years".
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
modified 7-Feb-17 22:31pm.
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pwasser wrote: "If it takes 1 programmer 1 year it will take 100 programmers 100 years".
I've heard the version with nine women and a baby.
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pwasser wrote: "If it takes 1 programmer 1 year it will take 100 programmers 100 years"
And eighty programmers with twenty managers 1,000 years.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Quote: Over the history of personal computing, it seems that the best software was written by a team of five or fewer programmers. CP/M, the first PC operating system was built by one guy, Gary Kildall, though he got parts from others such as Gordon Eubanks. MSDOS originated in QDOS, again written by one person, Tim Paterson.
In history your house had probably been built by your granddad on his own. I fail to see the point.
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F-ES Sitecore wrote: I fail to see the point.
What if it now took a team of 20 to build the house and it never gets finished?
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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But if it *does* get finished it's going to be an awesome house, unlike your ancestor's rickety old shack.
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Very, very interisting ... gives me hope for our little 5 person startup (2 people responsible for the product) - many people told us it would be impossible.
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Almost anything is possible if the scope doesn't keep changing, you know what you want and you're competent enough.
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For two hours now, I've been trying to upload a video to Instagram.
My Android phone doesn't do sh*t! I select the video from the archive and click "Next", and NOTHING happens! Several times!
I've been searching for ALL kinds of solutions to upload it from my Desktop computer, but to no avail! I've tried Gramblr, Blueballs and a doxen of other "services"
WHY! OH WHY! Does it have to be so flucking complicated? It's a simple enough request?!?!? 
Fluck it! I'm going to bed! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Johnny J. wrote: I've been trying to upload a video to Instagram.
Well, there's your problem!
Sleep well, and it'll all be fine in the morning...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You totally stole my words... almost to the letter. 
Jeremy Falcon
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Check with the kids around your neighborhood. They might able to upload it for you in a minute. 
Bryian Tan
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Why have I been seeing a dozen notifications for the same video? 
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OH. MY. GAWD.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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Oh Dios mío*
*Thank you Google translate
In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. ~ Ronald Reagan
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LMAO. No, according to the example it would be: Spanish translation for OH. MY. GAWD.
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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OMG I was like "uh huh. yeah. okay. alright..." then WHACK! The most epic facepalm in history! I think I have a contusion now. 
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I just realized, that I read Spanish fluently... 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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