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by illuminator83 256 days ago
Well, he can start citing Martin Fowler or Bertrand Meyer. Then what?

Arguments from authority lead no where here. Because these "authorities" also disagree.

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John has had meaningful impact to computing from algos, operating systems, programming languages, frameworks, etc.

Fowler has written *nothing* anybody ever cared for. Nothing.

Ousterhout has taught Software Design at Stanford where he's had students implement the most diverse software and finding the limits of his own theories and having them questioned rigorously year after year.