Dear Time Lords: Freeze Computers in 1993

5 hours ago

The author humorously proposes that computer technology should have stopped evolving in 1993, arguing that the technologies available then were optimal.
In 1993, CPUs like the MIPS R4000 were simple, efficient, and just complex enough with features like MMU, FPU, and RISC architecture.
Distributed operating systems like OSF/1 with DCE offered capabilities like distributed filesystems, RPC, and Kerberos, which the author claims haven't been meaningfully improved since.
Programming languages such as Modula 3, Sather, and Dylan were safe and expressive, unlike later languages like Java and JavaScript.
The web was still niche in 1993, and the author believes its subsequent explosion was a mistake, preferring alternatives like Gopher, IRC, and FTP.

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