Welcome to the sixty-seventh issue of De Programmatica Ipsum, about Text Editors. In this edition, we argue that "editor wars" are a pointless loss of time; in the Library section, we review "Code" by Charles Petzold; and in our Vidéothèque section, we watch a video from the Fireship channel.
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Issue #66: Version Control
Welcome to the sixty-sixth issue of De Programmatica Ipsum, about Version Control. In this edition, we analyze the rise in popularity of Git and how it eclipsed everything else; in the Library section, we review "Pragmatic Version Control Using Git" by Travis Swicegood; and in our Vidéothèque section, we watch Linus Torvalds explaining Git in a 2007 Google TechTalk.
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Issue #65: Pascal
Welcome to the sixty-fifth issue of De Programmatica Ipsum, about the Pascal programming language. In this edition, we react to the sudden news of Niklaus Wirth's passing with memories of the past and perspectives of the present; in the Library section, we review "Classics in Software Engineering" by Edward Nash Yourdon; and in our Vidéothèque section, we watch some recent interviews of Niklaus Wirth himself.
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Issue #64: Retrocomputing
Welcome to the sixty-fourth issue of De Programmatica Ipsum, about Retrocomputing. In this edition, we look at the reasons behind the resurgence in popularity of retrocomputing; in the Library section, we review “Home Computers” by Alex Wiltshire and John Short; and in our Vidéothèque section, we watch some episodes of the TV show "Computer Chronicles".
