OT: Language for the ages

[Jules Richardson]

William Donzelli wrote:
>>Why?  It's 60-70 years old already and shows no signs at all of going
>>away.
> 
> 
> I could probably say the same "30 year" thing about analog computers in
> 1960. By 1990, the analog computer market was effectively dead.
> 
> Be careful about the 60-70 year claim - remember that during the first 40
> years, developement was slow, but all the low hanging fruits were picked. 

Hmm, interesting. In what ways other than the processor-memory model 
could things have evolved in the early years? It'd be intersting to 
speculate where computing might be today if it had evolved down some 
totally different path very early on...

cheers

Jules