// 25.May.2009

A Brief, Incomplete and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages

Hilarious take on the evolution of computer programming. I love this: 1940s - Various "computers" are "programmed" using direct wiring and switches. Engineers do this in order to avoid the tabs vs spaces debate. [via]

Last Revision: May 25th, 2009 at 13:57


2 Comments for “A Brief, Incomplete and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages”

  1. I had a tabs vs spaces discussion just today. Spaces for the win then I feel, and I introduced someone to the concept of ‘set expandtab’ in their .vimrc

  2. It’s tabs for me, everytime. Sorry Kevin.