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Joe Armstrong - Keynote: The Forgotten Ideas in Computer Science - Code BEAM SF 2018

Code Sync · 40.5K views · 2018-03-17 · 49:36

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Erlang co-creator Joe Armstrong's Code BEAM SF 2018 keynote revisits good ideas from the history of computing that were dropped, and asks which should be revived. It also touches on Erlang and Elixir.

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HN people recommend it as a reading list of historical CS ideas worth knowing, and as a favorite among Armstrong's talks, especially after his death.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2018–2022

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jeffreygoesto · 2022-11 · Recommendation

Definitely! I also like "How we program multicores" [0], it made "iff you want the same guarantees Erlang gives you, you'll be in the same performance ballpark in any language, yes, C++ also" click for me. Joe could explain the basic ideas and where they came from so concise and humble [1], you can probably just binge watch this whole list, one other gem being "The forgotten ideas in computer science" [2]... [0] [LINK] [1] [LINK] [2] [VIDEO]

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namelosw · 2019-04 · Recommendation

This is so sad. RIP Joe. I'll miss him so much. Erlang is one of the most Perlis languages for me. I'm always a little bit cynical and think Erlang deserve more attention. Several months ago Joe post this tweet about a game company refused to tell other people they are using Erlang. [LINK] I just watched his great talk last year not long ago - The Forgotten Ideas in Computer Science: [VIDEO]

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smilesnd · 2018-12 · Recommendation

I love any talk with Joe Armstrong or Alan Kay in it. Joe Armstrong - Keynote: The Forgotten Ideas in Computer Science - Code BEAM SF 2018 [VIDEO]

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