Why bad ideas linger in software - Alan Kay (The father of OOP)

[@bart2019]

What idea from John McCarthy is he talking about? He doesn't say in this edit , and KZbin decided to put links to other videos on top of the article so I can't read the title.

[@danielrobertkorn2099]

Would love to know as well!

[@JeffreyDMoser]

I believe he's referring to the paper "Monitors: An Operating System Structuring Concept" by C.A.R. Hoare

[@Rai_Te]

A rant about semaphores ... 12 years old ... certainly what we need today ... merry christmas. By the way ... semaphores, correctly used do not lead to a lockup (neither of 'the system' nor of the processes that synchronise via a semaphore) ... there is so much bad information in this video, it simply should be ... hm .... deleted.

[@RuudAlthuizen]

Can you elaborate for the people sitting at the back?

[@asdqwe4427]

Reminds me a bit of the argument of "guns don't kill people"

[@adambickford8720]

Every tool is good if you use it right. The question is, how hard it is to use right and what are the consequences of doing it wrong?

[@personalaccount1515]

First