Those who are old Mac hands like myself might recall an old abandoned Apple project of the mid-90s, Dylan. Mike Lockwood has an interesting tale of the layoff of the guys who developed it. ‘The kind of layoff that could only happen at Apple.’ The article’s worth reading solely for the screenshot of the Dylan IDE the guys were working on. A long time ago I read an article (which I can unfortunately no longer find) by a fellow who wrote that source code needed to be more than just files, but actual living data, which could be manipulated in various useful ways; it looks as though the Dylan guys might have been headed in that direction.
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An ancient develop has some great programming tips written by Bob Johnson. Good points, all, although some are pretty obvious. Well-worth taking to heart, though.
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An ancient develop has some great programming tips written by Bob Johnson. Good points, all, although some are pretty obvious. Well-worth taking to heart, though.
04 February 2018: updated URL
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