*We build our computers the way we build our cities -- over time, without a plan...

		stcredzero on May 15, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The dumbing-down of programming (1998) We build our computers the way we build our cities -- over time, without a plan, on top of ruins. Yes, but didn't Christopher Alexander, the Pattern Language guy, praise the way we sometimes build (unplanned) things like villages?