On resistance to change in computer science

Irving Ziller, one of the original members of the FORTRAN team, describing the resistance of early programmers to the introduction of a compiler: "And in the background was the scepticism, the entrenchment of many of the people who did programming in this way at that time; what was called 'hand-to-hand combat' with the machine." From https://www.cs.man.ac.uk/CCS/res/res41.htm

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A self drive computer science degree, 2025 edition

What is you want to study computer science, but can’t afford university fees? Or, studied computer science a really long time ago and want to see what’s changed? Or just like learning stuff? Well, lots of schools now post their lectures on YouTube, so its entirely possible to construct a zero cost “self driving degree”, as long as you’re good enough at Canva to make your own certificate at the end. I consider this list incomplete, but in the end I decided I’d post the things from 2025 that I’d found and liked. I can always do an updated version later.

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