Paul Graham: Hackers and Painters
Tim O'Reilly: Why Scripting Languages Matter
Paul Graham puts his finger on why languages like Perl, Python, and PHP have an enduring place in the computing firmament. And a lot more, as he explains why hacking is a lot more like art than it is like science or engineering.
Tim O'Reilly: The Crafty Turk
Great response from Dave Stutz about my blog on "the importance of scripting."
Simon St. Laurent: Why Markup Languages Matter
Tim O'Reilly emphasizes Paul Graham's observations on a sketching mode for programming. One of my favorite aspects of XML - and markup, more generally - is that it allows a similar improvisation process for data structures.
Sam Ruby on Why Markup Languages Matter (with comments)
If anything, I feel that SSL understates the need for evolution and flexibility in data structures.
<p>Paul Graham: <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html">Hackers and Painters</a></p>
<p>Tim O'Reilly: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3190">Why Scripting Languages Matter</a><br />Paul Graham puts his finger on why languages like Perl, Python, and PHP have an enduring place in the computing firmament. And a lot more, as he explains why hacking is a lot more like art than it is like science or engineering.</p>
<p>Tim O'Reilly: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3196">The Crafty Turk</a><br />Great response from Dave Stutz about my blog on "the importance of scripting." </p>
<p>Simon St. Laurent: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/3191">Why Markup Languages Matter</a><br />Tim O'Reilly emphasizes Paul Graham's observations on a sketching mode for programming. One of my favorite aspects of XML - and markup, more generally - is that it allows a similar improvisation process for data structures. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.intertwingly.net/blog/1421.html">Sam Ruby on Why Markup Languages Matter (with comments)</a><br />If anything, I feel that SSL understates the need for evolution and flexibility in data structures. </p>
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