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Bryce Adelstein Lelbach Profile picture
Bryce Adelstein Lelbach
@blelbach
Principal Architect at @NVIDIA working on programming languages. C++ Library Evolution chair emeritus. Frequent @traveloneworld flyer. Horology nerd.
Dec 31, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Over the last few years some of the key figures in C++ twitter have adopted a negative & pessimistic perspective which I find incredibly harmful & hurtful.

I am saddened & disappointed that others have chosen to act this way. You may not realize that you are a leader in the C++ community. But you are. People look up to you.

A culture of constant pessimism, even in jest, discourages newcomers and hurts the morale of those who have made this our career.
May 10, 2020 • 39 tweets • 16 min read
The latest revision of @INCITS/@isostandards COBOL comes out this year

The goals of COBOL sound normal today:

- Portable
- Freely available
- Designed by the community

In 1959 it was radical & unprecedented

It was also conceived of & led by women

This is the story of COBOL The year is 1959

Companies & governments have a problem

When they buy a computer from a new vendor, they must port their software to a new language, which is expensive

The number of these vendor languages is rapidly growing