> When does widespread ’70s/’80s computing stop being impressive? You say “unknown” as if we were talking about some research software, or some old and largely forgotten software.
That's precisely what I'm talking about. The 70s/80s produced tons of insight into computer use in general, and programming in particular, that were mostly forgotten, and are slowly being rediscovered, or reinvented every couple years. Unix in fact was a step backwards in terms of capabilities exposed to users; it won because of economics.
That's precisely what I'm talking about. The 70s/80s produced tons of insight into computer use in general, and programming in particular, that were mostly forgotten, and are slowly being rediscovered, or reinvented every couple years. Unix in fact was a step backwards in terms of capabilities exposed to users; it won because of economics.