Comments by "Lawrence D’Oliveiro" (@lawrencedoliveiro9104) on "Brian Kernighan Qu0026A - Computerphile" video.

  1. 6:14 Unfortunately, the Java specification is barely smaller than the C++ one. So much for trying to “simplify” -- it just introduced its own complications ...
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  2. Even Apple don’t want to use it any more.
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  3. Not really worth mentioning proprietary languages.
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  4. Windows is not that popular with developers. Why do you think Microsoft is trying to add a Linux layer to it?
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  5. 3:26 So I take it he doesn’t agree with Dijkstra’s proclamation that “computer science is as much about programming as astronomy is about telescopes” (if I recall rightly). As if programming is somehow merely part of the flooring of the subject, rather than lying at its heart. (I don’t agree with Dijkstra either.)
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  6. 13-minute ad for a 9-minute item?!?
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  7. You may be right in comparing it to Java, given Oracle’s campaign against Google. But frankly, that’s not saying much.
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