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Programming as Theory Building by Peter Naur

Programming as Theory Building by Peter Naur

FromFuture of Coding


Programming as Theory Building by Peter Naur

FromFuture of Coding

ratings:
Length:
115 minutes
Released:
Jan 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This is Jimmy’s favourite paper! Here’s a copy someone posted on HitBug. Is it as good as the original? Likely not! Ivan also enjoyed this Theory Building business immensely; don’t be fooled by the liberal use of the “blonk” censor-tone to cover the galleon-hold of swearwords he let slip, those mostly pertain to the Ryle.
For the next episode, we’re reading No Silver Bullet by Fred Brooks.
Links
The Witness, again!
The Generation Ship Model of Software Development
The philosophy of suckless.org
Stop Writing Dead Programs, a talk by Jack Rusher, gets a whole new meaning!
Someone rewrote Super Mario 64’s code to run faster and better on original N64 hardware.
Music featured in this episode:

Speed x Distance = Time by Blonde Redhead from the album In an Expression of the Inexpressible which, upon reflection, is actually not Ivan’s favourite. That’d be Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons.

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Released:
Jan 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Playful explorations of the rich past and exciting future that we're all building with our silly little computers. Hosted by Jimmy Miller and Ivan Reese.