Apr 15
Grok2 has highlighted an old but excellent essay about why computer programming is fun. This quote is from one of our industry’s groundbreaking books, The Mythical Man-Month by Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. First published in 1974, the book posited the computer law that “adding programmers to a late project makes it later.”
Brooks’ innocent but insightful comments about his delight in programming the green-screen dumb-terminal IBM OS/360 is even more relevant in today’s world of high-resolution dynamic graphical displays and the global reach of Web applications. The players have changed, the technology has certainly changed, but the joy of computer programming endures.