And I haven't been able to locate a picture of Radin or Schwartz just yet. Radin was probably locked up in the back room at IBM never seeing daylight. And the military has seemingly destroyed any and all documentation concerning Jovial and anyone who has knowledge of that language! :-)
Posted to history by Chris Rathman on 7/2/03; 1:49:15 PM
Don't know of any mirrors. I guess I should have linked to the original images instead of hosting them locally. Oh well, probably be back under the limit again tomorrow. :-(
One thing that strikes me is how nice all these people are (although I can't really vouch for Meyer and Stroustrup, because the discussions were so short). Maybe designing a successful computer language gives you a god-like serenity and confidence in yourself. Hey, maybe that's what we're all in it for ;-)
I figure an aspect of the social acceptance of any language has to be fostered by a certain amount of affability on the part of the designer(s). Early on in designing a language, you have to plead for help and patiently nurture some adherents. Knowing that a successful language also requires a large library, you have to get people from all sorts of backgrounds to contribute.
(Of course, once a language is popular, you're guaranteed to have detractors that tell you how bad your language is).
Another way to put faces to some names is watching the "Dynamic Languages Wizards" videos from MIT.
Now that you've resurfaced, we expect to see hear from you more often...