Oct. 18, 2012
5:02 p.m.
+ 1
I think that the examples related with stuff invented 30 years ago will depend on the audience. Most programmers, young ones in particular, have a deep lack of knowledge about the history of technology , they barely know about the tools they use everyday, and they don't have interest in learning about them either. So saying to them that Smalltalk invented BitBlt, is like talking them about punched cards. At least that is my experience.