Talk:Modular programming
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[edit] History
The history of the Modular Programming movement began in the early 1960s. One goal that I have is to help facilitate the documenting or at least summarization of that history.
One element of that history is the mystery created by Alan Kay and his observation of what he considered to be the first modular program. This occurred prior to 1961 when Kay left the Air Force. Was Kay aware of Constantine's work or Dikstra's work? Was there a third track that Kay or his associates documented? I've attempted to contact Kay, but so far I have been unsuccessful. Perhaps someone who knows Dr. Kay will have greater success.
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- In studying Alan Kay's post-Air Force years it seems that he was pursuing a career as a musician during many of the formative years of modular programming. In comments he made in his Wiki biography/Talk section, it seems likely that he became aware of some form of the modular programming movement by 1966. Nonetheless, I'd still love to know more about the program that he observed while in the Air Force. YORD-the-unknown 19:07, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Suprisingly, a new Modular Programming movement seems to have appeared as a new paradigm earmarked for Java programmers. Perhaps this needs its own section as well.
Any help with contributions to or cluse about where to look for this history will be appreciated. --YORD-the-unknown 21:28, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Documentation
There is very little documentation available on the Modular Programming movement on the Internet. Therefore, a second goal that I have is to obtain as many documents as possible and determine if Bitsavers.org is interested in archiving the materials.
If anyone has scanned document (circa 1960-1974) dealing with the suject of Modular Programming, preferrably PDF format, it will be greatly appreciated if you can make those available. --YORD-the-unknown 21:28, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Commentary
I'd like to publically thank Meilir Page-Jones and Larry Constantine for providing comments and encouragement to intiate this project. Someone with greater knowledge of these gentlemen's background should write their biographies. I'd also like to thank Steve McConnell, author of "Code Complete" for his help.
I think many of us believe that it is important to understand why and how programming paradignms evolved. Also, all of us who lived in the era of these developments are getting a little older. --YORD-the-unknown 21:28, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] This article need some handwork
this article dont explain anything of what is "Modular programming"
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- What on Earth is "handwork"?
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- What is it that you don't understand about what has been written about Modular Programming? Do you understand that this is not a course in modular programming but rather it is the start of an effort to document the history of the Modular Programming movement?
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- Your comment "this article dont explain anything", doesn't explain anything about anything. If you have any construtive comments I will be happy to engage in a discussion with you. YORD-the-unknown 01:37, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Move
I moved this article because I think that it should be lowercase according to naming conventions. Basically, the default is to use lowercase unless there is a reason not to. The term did not seem to be a trademark or something used by a single company, which often call for uppercase to be used. Also, similar articles have lowercase names, see Category:Programming paradigms. If you disagree, you may contact me on my talk page (it may take a while to get back to you because I do not edit every day) or make a move request at Wikipedia:Requested moves. -- Kjkolb 05:16, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
