What an interesting read.<p>I'm glad there are incredibly smart people like him challenging the programming status quo.<p>My favorite quote:<p>"I always do, not just dynamic stuff when I give a talk, but I do stuff that I'm interacting with on-the-fly. Because that is what the computer is for. People who don't do that either don't understand that or don't respect it."<p>We have major issues with creating "dumb" and "dead" programs and systems.