Does this 90s-era theory predict the popularity of Javascript?
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This is part of a series of posts I’m writing as I work my way through older books about programming. In 1996, Richard Gabriel proposed a theory that explains the popularity of programming languages in his book Patterns of Software. Some of these will seem dated, and some will seem obvious, but when you put them together over 20 years later, I think it does a decent job of predicting the popularity of Javascript.
Does this 90s-era theory predict the popularity of Javascript?
Does this 90s-era theory predict the…
Does this 90s-era theory predict the popularity of Javascript?
This is part of a series of posts I’m writing as I work my way through older books about programming. In 1996, Richard Gabriel proposed a theory that explains the popularity of programming languages in his book Patterns of Software. Some of these will seem dated, and some will seem obvious, but when you put them together over 20 years later, I think it does a decent job of predicting the popularity of Javascript.