John Buxton on programming support environments

John Buxton on programming support environments

[howell]

   "Our existing PSEs, of which Unix is a good example, are architecturally
   akin to early Saxon churches which generally speaking consisted of
   four walls, a roof, two windows, and a door, and which were as a
   consequence functionally convenient but still doctrinally correct.
   Ada is indeed an impressive engineering achievement, but its complexity
   and its overlap into programming-in-the-large leads inevitably to our
   early efforts at APSEs resembling building in the baroque style
   without the necessary experience."
   
   John Buxton, author of Stoneman document, 17 September 1984
   
   (Ada Letters IV.5-43)

Seems as true today as it did in 84...

Re: Stu Feldman on programming support environments

[Eugene Miya N.]

In article <8706182327.AA02944@boardwalk.mitre.org> howell@COMMUNITY-CHEST.MITRE.ORG writes:
>
>   "Our existing PSEs, of which Unix is a good example, are architecturally
>   akin to early Saxon churches which generally speaking consisted of
>   
>   John Buxton, author of Stoneman document, 17 September 1984
   
The church analogy appeared even earlier with Stu Feldman's Commentary
on Unix in SLC, UT, I think June or 83 or 84.

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