As if software mattered…
Written on 27 Nov 2008
From a history of the development of SIMULA
In the spring of 1967 a new employee at the NCC in a very shocked voice told the switchboard operator: “Two men are fighting violently in front of the blackboard in the upstairs corridor. What shall we do?” The operator came out of her office, listened for a few seconds and then said: “Relax, it’s only Dahl and Nygaard discussing SIMULA“.
Filed in: Organisations, Software culture.