The Future of Computing, The Future of Computer Programmers

An Interview with Yukihiro “Matz": Ruby, why to develop a language, what programmers will do, the cloud as a platform, and more.

2 news from my friend Teca

Very insightful post on Doug Engelbart. Not "the mouse inventor" but a thinker of human interaction.

Interesting post on a woman working in Bletchley Park during the war. Turing worked with a lot of hard working people.

About COBOL

Banks will stick with COBOL because Java has performance issues, claims quality guru Bill Curtis: He shows real reasons of Cobol continuity. Nothing to do with the language. It is the maturity time for programs, the quality of programmers, the Web.
 
Also: Java apps have most flaws, Cobol apps the least, study finds