Ask HN: What are forgotten topics in computing that deserve a new revisit?
I mean both things that are enabled by AI coding agents but also things we couldn't do because computers weren't fast enough in the past.
I mean both things that are enabled by AI coding agents but also things we couldn't do because computers weren't fast enough in the past.
Discussion Highlights (9 comments)
jackb4040
Lisp Machines. And if you're a real freak, Forth Machines
gulugawa
Coding without LLM AI.
qtqtqt
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary_computer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloot_Digital_Coding_System
iamdamian
Plan 9 was cool.
mannyv
Analog computing
FDEUp
Computer Lib / Dream Machines Xanadu
soon_to_be_sb
How about giving a shit about efficiency?
vrighter
what fast and performant really means.
rramadass
All types of unconventional/exotic computing. I think this has been criminally neglected ever since the ascendancy of the von neumann architecture digital computer. 1) The Zen of Exotic Computing by Peter Kogge - https://epubs.siam.org/doi/10.1137/1.9781611977295 2) Handbook Of Unconventional Computing in 2-vols (Vol1-Theory, Vol2- Implementations) by Andrew Adamatzky et al. - https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/12232#...