Comments on: CUSEC 2010 Keynote: Douglas Crockford – The Software Crisis

By: Douglas Crockford on JSON and JavaScript « Redtexture

Douglas Crockford on JSON and JavaScript « Redtexture — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:46:07 +0000

[...] of eight years of gestation before public release, unlike the eight weeks that JavaScript had. Link to notes on the talk by Joey deVilla Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)How evil is eval?JavaScript: The Good Parts [...]

By: “We are all doomed!”: The Software Crisis (cusec pt2/2) « Ian Chan's Blog

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:32:44 +0000

[...] in the first place. (For most of the CUSEC crowd, it was more of a pre-emptive strike). See here for full notes on Crockfords advice, a great summary by Joey [...]

By: Andrej

Andrej — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:14:57 +0000

Wow, that bit about the software crisis is thought provoking. If it’s been going on for over 40 years — since the beginning, just about — then it’s *not a crisis*! It’s a fundamental failure to understand what we’re doing and what’s going on.

By: nathan ng

nathan ng — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:57:47 +0000

these are excellent, detailed notes. if this was on slashdot i’d be +1 informative all over this. thanks for taking them. (I didn’t get to attend Mr. Crockford’s lecture)