I’m interested in the forgotten ideas of computer science. Needed for a talk. Can you post examples of great CS ideas that have been largely forgotten. Examples: Linda tuple spaces, Boyer-Moore algorithm
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Replying to @joeerl
Orthogonal Persistence. Reflection. Fexprs. Lisp Machines. The Systems Paradigm. FORTH. Having lots of simple connected CPUs with each unit of RAM, instead of a overly complex and securitywise hazardous central CPU behemoth (connection machine, greenarrays). The TUNES project.
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Persistence: true and that makes me a little sad - my PhD on GC was implemented in an orthogonal-persistence storage layer. Reflection is still a big thing at least in Java-land, and there is a bit of a forth fanboy-revival in the microcontroller space.
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Replying to @phenidone @joeerl
If the best example you have for anything is Java, that thing is pretty much dead.
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If you mean "not actively researched or talked about on YC", then yes. A huge amount of Java development is still occurring though.
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By the same token, one might also assert() that C is long-dead. After all, it's only legacy stuff like Unix kernels that run it now :)
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Is C assert() the best example of anything? If so, that thing is dead indeed.
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