HBD, James Gosling! Gosling may be best known as the father of Java, but his broader impact is how we think about building software today. Platform independence, reliability, and accessibility aren’t just features, they’re expectations, and they trace back to the foundation he helped create.
ACMBookClub in progress!
What we read in Week 2:
what errors taught us about ourselves;
why trust is needed to a design to take hold;
and the power of metaphors.
Click or scan QR code to register for our May 29 discussion w/ co-author Cliff Kuang: acm-org.zoom.us/meeti…
Happy birthday, Alan Kay! Kay received the 2003 ACMTuringAward for pioneering many of the ideas at the root of contemporary object-oriented programming languages, leading the team that developed Smalltalk, and for fundamental contributions to personal computing. amturing.acm.org/award…
