tim_m_locke's comments

tim_m_locke | 11 years ago | on: Apple: Dark Value and Degrees of Monopoly in Global Commodity Chains [pdf]

I was going to read this but it's a PDF.

tim_m_locke | 11 years ago | on: From Microsoft to Linux and back

They haven't decided to switch back...yet.

tim_m_locke | 11 years ago | on: GNU Nano acquired by the VIM project (April 1, 2013)

Bit late for April Fool's Day.

tim_m_locke | 12 years ago | on: Pac-Man (walkthrough)

Made me LOL.

tim_m_locke | 12 years ago | on: TIOBE Is (Unintentionally) Misleading; in Truth, Interest in Java Is Surging

I think there are a number of better ways to determine which programming languages are popular than what Tiobe uses. If they were only counting pages generated within a specific timeframe, perhaps a month or year, then their results might have some validity. Every month they are including all of the web pages that exist. I believe this skews their results.

I'm also not convinced that language popularity is an important metric. I think knowing which languages are strongly sought after by employers is more important and relevant. I think it is also important to know which languages are suitable for particular tasks, for people looking to create new code bases.

It would also be interesting to know how much code exists in various languages, and how many people are currently employed maintaining code bases in various languages.

tim_m_locke | 12 years ago | on: Whatever Happened to MSX Computers?

Apple 1 and Apple ][ history http://apple2history.org/history/ah01/

tim_m_locke | 12 years ago | on: MIT Technology Review: 50 Smartest Companies

I'm surprised Apple isn't on that list.

tim_m_locke | 12 years ago | on: James Iry’s history of programming languages (with pictures and large fonts)

I'd like to see entries for Forth, Logo, and Algol.