Keynote: Over a Century of Programming - Mike Williams, Joe Armstrong, Robert Virding

Erlang User Conference 2013
More info and slides on the website: www.erlang-fact...
The three of us (Joe, Robert and Mike) have more than 100 years combined experience of programming. We have noticed the vast majority of software development projects use programming languages based on concepts which were developed close on a half a century ago. Tools and development environments have changed, but with few exceptions the basic paradigms remain the same.
We will reflect on our experience, what is good, what is bad and what is ugly. How did the past and our experience influence us when we developed Erlang.

[@jacekjacenty]

I saw the fish diagram and I have realised it is something that would work well in my project. I will reconsider the use of BEAM languages for projects like that.

[@jacekjacenty]

it's a decision diagram, not fish diagram

[@BryonLape]

I guess we hit a serious wall a few years ago.

[@tsobf242]

The predictions for 2020 are a little optimistic. I wish computers had a million cores!

[@urbankoistinen5688]

Maybe you should try the GA144?
It has 144 cores on 1/8mm^2 of 180 nm silicon. Very compact and energy efficient.

[@RoyManter]

Very interesting talk, funny as well :D

[@RoelBaardman]

Have the fishbone diagrams ever been seriously considered instead of programming in lines of text?